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wylies99 · Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Tom Cruise to visit Seoul next Saturday
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/01/09/200901090062.asp

Tom Cruise will visit Seoul next Saturday to participate in promotional events ahead of the release of his latest flick, "Valkyrie."

The 47-year-old actor is set to meet with Korean fans along with filmmaker Bryan Singer. Korea is the only Asian country the two celebrities will visit during the promotional tour for the film, reflecting Cruise`s affection toward local fans, 20th Century Fox Korea said.

Cruise will appear at the hand-printing event at Yongsan CGV theater at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 17. On Sunday, a press conference is scheduled at 1 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, followed by a red-carpet event in the evening.

Despite the growing film market in Korea, only a handful of Hollywood actors and filmmakers have visited Korea. However, Cruise has been willing to directly interact with Korean fans, helping cement a positive image here. Cruise has visited Korea three times, to promote "Interview with the Vampire," "Mission Impossible 2" and "Vanilla Sky."

Cruise`s latest visit in seven years is expected to highlight the role he plays in "Valkyrie," a film set in Nazi Germany during World War II where German officers hatch a dangerous plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. In the film based on a true story, Cruise plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. The film is set to be released nationwide on Jan. 22.

Filmmaker Singer, meanwhile, visits Korea for the first time. He has already built a strong fan base in Korea because of his hit movies such as "The Usual Suspects," "X-Men" and "Superman Returns."

By Yang Sung-jin

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2009.01.09

Troll_Bait · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:35 am Post subject:

I wonder if he'll take the opportunity to promote Scientology.

runlikegump · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Location: Seoul

runlikegump · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Location: Seoul

poet13 · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:24 am Post subject:

Yongsan? Sure. It's the garrison in the middle of Seoul. You've studied it, I've lived it. What does your comment have to do with Troll_Baits post?

nuthatch · Joined: 21 Feb 2008

tom cruise...

yuck

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I just hope he doesn't have any autistic/epileptic/whatever children.

jkelly80 · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Location: you boys like mexico?

tom cruise got hella teeph

DCJames · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

Tommy · Joined: 24 Aug 2005

poet13 · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject:

Ah, got it. Ok, move that over to the funny column.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Tom sees Korea as fertile ground for his crazy religion.

Who wouldn't?

You'll see him announcing a new Scientology center -- funded by himself.

flakfizer · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject:

I wonder how many times he'll be told he looks like Tom Cruise.

poet13 · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject:

...or Brad Pitt.

Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

The last time Cruise in Korea, he had a wild news conference, well, not really. Celebs and rich people were allowed to attend, and this one stupid woman (Korean) asked him how he became so famous despite being so short.

I think Cruise was like, "WTF?" and struggled to answer without showing that he was offended.

The news conference was blasted as degenerating into an English-speaking competition among the Koreans there.