Herr Cruise on set

The director of Valkyrie, Brian Singer, is convinced Hitler's ghost was haunting the set after a runaway tank nearly hit Tom Cruise. Singer told the National Enquirer:

"It started rolling on its own. Nothing was stopping it because it's a tank and it's meant to roll over camera crews and other things in its way. A very brave guy crawled in it and worked the brake system and got it to stop. Maybe the ghost of Hitler was in there!"

Nice to know the dead can commute. The accident occurred in Cougar Buttes, California. Back in the "real" world, Tom's Nazi assassin flick Valkyrie premed last night in NYC to mostly ho-hum reviews. (Source)

Anyone else get the feeling this story was generated by a desperate publicist for a movie that's about a to bomb? If the producers really wanted to create some surefire buzz and turn Valkyrie into a guaranteed blockbuster, they would have let that tank hit Tom. That, or fuck the historical accuracy and have at least one scene where a topless Jessica Alba is skipping rope or jumping on a trampoline or something. Tits, dude. That's the key to success in Hollywood. It ain't complicated.

[WENN]