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Prank Against Cruise Leads to Arrest
Jun 20, 8:00 AM EST
The Associated Press

LONDON -- The London premiere of "War of the Worlds" turned into a war of words after Tom Cruise was squirted in the face by a man posing as a reporter.

Four men were released on bail after being arrested and were ordered to return to a police station Monday.

The actor was outside a movie theater in central London's Leicester Square on Sunday doing press interviews when a man squirted him with a water pistol disguised as a microphone, London's Metropolitan Police said.

Cruise initially appeared to laugh at the incident but then asked the prankster: "Why would you do that?"

As the man gave a barely audible excuse, Cruise said: "Do you like thinking less of people, is that it?" The prankster tried to walk away but Cruise reached across the metal barrier, held his arm and said: "Don't run away. That's incredibly rude. I'm here giving you an interview and you do that ... it's incredibly rude."

The actor grew increasingly irritated and told the man: "You're a jerk." Footage of the incident appeared on Sky News TV on Monday.

Police detained the man who squirted Cruise and arrested three other men who filmed the incident. The four were working on a new comedy show for British television station Channel 4 in which celebrities are the targets of practical jokes.

Police released the men on bail several hours later and ordered them to return to a central London police station on Monday, when they may be charged with assault, the police spokesman said.

Actress Katie Holmes, who recently got engaged to Cruise, was at the premiere but not by his side at the time of the incident.

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 :smoking: Izzy? :smoking:

Thank God that guy wasn't some lunatic stalker and squirted acid in Cruise's face!!!? ?:rant:

I hope Cruise presses charges against these idiots and the tv show they were working for!!!?

Thats pointless, its only some water, at least he wasn't shot

 thats pretty fuckin funny

Does seem a very silly incident - thought Mr Cruise seems to have handled himself very well, i'd probably have taken a swing at the guy

With all the terrorist shit and crazy people in the world it was a stupid prank fine it was only water but the intial scare before he realised will of scared the shit out of him and yes i would of taken a swing at him to...don't people have anything better to do, what's so funny about it anyway it's not exactly the greatest prank ever...no originality...totally fuckin' pointless!

Hee-hee :hihi:  funny

typical of the humour currently on british tv, by idiots, for idiots

good on cruise for reacting the way he did...

God bless our fair nation - between Channel 4, The Sun, our 'glossy' mags and our incredibly bland ''rock'' bands - we own the world of culture - u hear that world, u can't touch us!

fuck him. the grumpy little dwarf that he is. if you sell your soul to celebrity status then you accept that shit like that happens.

If you've ever appeared in OK, Hello, etc of your own choosing you can NEVER complain about being a celebrity as he's just another media whore at the capitalist gang-bang.

Very true - but, he still doesn't deserve being assualted - lets wait untill they find the bodies of his previous lovers before we endorse that

 :rofl:

Let me guess, you're a big Negativland fan, right?

what's negativland? ???

Actually, before you slag tom off, you should know that sharon osbourne was in that very same situation coming out of a restaurant i nengland about a month ago and her reaction wasn't any better.

I think people react with anger not because of the water, but because the surprise feeling is overwhelming.

Put yourself in their shoes, they are overexposed all their lifes and exposed to mad people.

Doesnt deserve to be assaulted.. holy shit squirted with water.. its just a joke Tom just doesnt have a sense of humour

Yea, it could have been ugly, ie shot dead, I'm glad he was ok.

I would have punched the guy. Cruise was probably hip to this and that is why he didn't knock him out.

Watch.....the guy will come back and sue Cruise for grabbing his arm, claiming "mental distress."

that'd be fucken right hey ::)

I just watched the clip online. I'm not sure what the 'squirter' was trying to accomplish. Cruise asked the guy why he 'just did that' and the guy just stood there silent. Then Cruise asked again, then told the guy twice 'you are a jerk'. Again, the dipshit just stood there. Then the camera zoomed in on the alledged 'squirter' as Cruise told him he was a jerk.

What was that idiot trying to do? Besides have an A list actor tell him off?

Total idiot.....

Kudos to Cruise for not losing his cool.

Agree. Yes it could have been worse, however it was only water, and there was really no point standing there labouring the issue that the guy did the wrong thing. TC would have come off the better if he'd said jerk and laughed and moved on straight away.

Tom Cruise shoulv just sed can u please not do that next time i dont appreciate it rather than over reacting

Over-reacting would of been hitting the guy...even that's debatable, if he had said 'Can you please not do that next time i don't appreciate it' he would have looked like a tit they'd of been laughing at him, he's understandably pissed off, Movie Premiere, talking to fans and giving interviews in a good mood then a dick squirts water at you for no reason other than for a new C4 show which will probably suck since there is nothing funny at all about this, i read in the paper the same guys did this to Sharon Osbourne a few weeks back....she reacted by throwing a bucket of water over one of them...not often i say this to her but...well done : ok:

http://www.negativland.com/

While I find it funny that I am defending TC, I find these comments ever stranger.

What would you do if somebody squirted some water in your face?

Just smiled and walked away? Yea right.

TC did just about what you said he should have: He laughed, then told the guy he was a jerk (twice) then looked at another reporter and said "Can you believe that?" and walked away. He spent about 20 seconds on the guy, and didn't use violence or even raise his voice for that matter. He seemed more shocked then anything "Why did you do that?" was one of the first things he said.

How is that overreacting? Given the way some actors, bite (Christian Slater), hit (Sean Penn...or take your pick), throw water (Sharon Ozbourne), yell (anybody really), flick off (Pick one), Kick (Seb Bach..or pick one), the list is endless.

How anybody could say he overreacted this this is being silly. With his debut movie, cameras all around him, and somebody egging him on....he held his cool.

Better than most of us probably would have done.

 In HIS place, I'd probably have gone just the way : "Nice. Thank You very much." (smiling)
then punch the guy off his shoes.  :P

No, seriously, he reacted just  like he actually IS in life: a relatively calm and cool person.
WHO knows what all this were for? 

TC is an actor/producer (businessman) who made the choice to be outgoing and excessively active on his public job, as an actor, offering to his fans not only his professional face, but also (and that was always part of his "credo") his private life, to some extent.
He seems handling it quite well, fans rather appreciate that thing, I guess he's just a generous being, in all sense,
and likes to offer considerably of "himself" to people who actually GO see his work.  He opted to be open to his public, the media and the world he lives in...assuming all the negative "side-effects" of that over-exposure.

But definitely, that must be HELL, just a NIGHTMARE  for his entourage, family, loved ones, to live their lifes through this entire media-shit...
THEY, they don't have the choice! 
 
I'd be TOO MUCH OF AN EGOIST not wanting to share anything private of my life, with anyone from the OUTSIDE, you see!
I just love calm and peace. But hell, I didn't chose his job either!  ;D

As for us GN'R fans, honestly, wouldn't be all pretty much happier with a bit more news from our hero, Axl the Rose?
GOD, of course we would!   :peace:

Think of it!

I bet you a fiver that doesn't happen. (Pound sterling, of course)

Dude, this happened in England...Not America.  : ok:

The reaction of people like the majority of you...

...Is what will motivate the people who did this even more.

Idiotic? Meh, you may call it that...

...But surely so was Monty Python, and the like. But, comedy genius, no?

'Idiotic', as was perhaps Ali G?

In my mind, comedy genius.

But it bothers me not how people like you label it.

I know I'm not an idiot, simply put.

But, I'm maybe starting to put words in your mouth....

...Stuck more to the subject: The joke? In idea and root, I'd enjoy in. In method and execution? Meh, average. Actually, below so. But not because of any moral objection that I hold to it...

...In this age of 'terrorism'? A water pistol, taking it too far?

Looks like all the scare mongering worked, George...

Didn't know it was not in the ole USA. We don't have the 'loser pays' clause over here. Wish we did. I'll hold my five bucks then............

The thing was not funny, because the guy went stone cold after he did it. He totally clammed up. I mean, he didn't have a line or anything funny to say. Nothing. Just sat there like a dumb farm animal.