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Mark Wahlberg On Actors Comparing Filming to War: “How F**kin’ Dare You!”

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Truth rating: 10

12:14 pm, November 13th, 2013

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Mark Wahlberg got heated at the AFI Festival on Tuesday day when he asked about his training for his upcoming Navy SEAL movie, Lone Survivor.

It’s not clear whether Wahlberg was aware that Tom Cruise had recently likened his work as an actor to fighting in Afghanistan, but the actor vehemently dismissed any such comparison.

He told reporters, “I don’t give a f**k what you did, you don’t do what these guys do.”

Wahlberg continued, “If you sit there and say, ‘My job is as difficult as someone in the military,’ how f**kin’ dare you! While you sit in a makeup chair for two hours.”

He added, “I don’t give a sh*t if you’re getting your ass busted, you get to go home at the end of the day. You get to go to your hotel room, and you get to order your f**kin’ chicken.”

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Tom Cruise: My Job As Actor Is Like Fighting in Afghanistan

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3:39 pm, November 8th, 2013

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Tom Cruise reportedly compares his job to being a soldier in Afghanistan or an Olympic athlete during the deposition that was taken as part of his $50 million libel suit against Life & Style.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, the actor at one point discusses location shoots in the Middle East, saying that they’re similar to serving a military tour in Afghanistan.

“That’s what it feels like. And certainly on this last movie, it was brutal. It was brutal,” he’s quoted as saying.

In terms of his physical preparation, Cruise reportedly states, “There is difficult physical stamina and preparation. Sometimes I’ve spent months, a year, and sometimes two years preparing for a single film.”

“A sprinter for the Olympics, they only have to run two races a day. When I’m shooting, I could potentially have to run 30, 40 races a day, day after day,” he explains.

As Gossip Cop already noted, Cruise admitted elsewhere in the deposition that Scientology played a role in Katie Holmes’ decision to divorce him.

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Tom Cruise Admits Katie Holmes Divorced Him In Part Because Of Scientology

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Truth rating: 10

9:53 am, November 8th, 2013

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Tom Cruise has publicly admitted Scientology played a role in his divorce from Katie Holmes.

The actor made the admission in a September 9 deposition in his defamation case against Life & Style, which he’s suing for $50 million for claiming he “abandoned” Suri Cruise in the wake of his 2012 split from Katie Holmes.

Asked by a lawyer for the magazine whether Holmes left him in part because of Scientology, Cruise said, ”Did she say that? That was one of the assertions, yes.”

Questioned about whether Holmes divorced him to “protect” Suri from Scientology, Cruise replied, “I find that question offensive… There is no need to protect my daughter from my religion.”

The movie star did, however, reveal that Suri is no longer part of the religion.

Pressed about whether the Church would consider Holmes a “suppressive person” for leaving the religion, Cruise responded, ”That is a distortion and simplification of the matter. I don’t want to just give an oversimplification of religious doctrine.”

But he confirmed that his children Bella and Connor (from his marriage to Nicole Kidman) have had no contact with Holmes since their split.

Cruise also answered questions about missing Suri’s first day of school in New York, saying that although he was filming All You Need Is Kill in London, “If [Suri] had asked me to be there, I would have been there. I would have worked it out in any way I could.”

The actor also acknowledged that he didn’t see his daughter for more than 100 days — from when he wrapped the film in August to Thanksgiving.

“Unfortunately in this situation it was impossible,” said Cruise, who added that he talked to Suri on the phone nearly every day.

Gossip Cop will have updates as the case continues to unfold.

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