Translation: Karmen Horvat TRANSLATION Karmen Horvat
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DID NOT DO

JANUARY 20 2009 08:00h

Tom Cruise Too Small For Hitler`s Assassin

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Von Stauffenberg`s nephew claims Cruise, who plays Von Stauffenberg in Valkyrie, claims the star is too short and stiff to be his ancestor.

Historic thrilled Valkyrie is only trouble for Tom Cruise. After the yonder public opposed the barely approved shooting at Berlin locations and the premiere date was set several times, the German media now report of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg`s descendant, who did not have praise-worthy words about Tom Cruise, lately a hated US actor.

- Tom Cruise seems terribly cautious, almost as if he were afraid of playing the role. He tries to seem elegant but comes across as extremely stiff. He seems not at all decisive in the role and above all not charismatic enough. On the whole he just seems too small – Franz von Stauffenberg told the Welt am Sonntag.

Poor Tom cannot seem to get it right. Critics from all parts of the world are not inclined either