If you're told Tom Cruise, you're bound to answer one of three things:
Top Gun
,
Mission Impossible
, or Scientology.
Tom Cruise is the story of a star actor in the 1980s, a face of a young first on which American studios bet big at a time when Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio or Ben Affleck were too young, still unknown.
To discover
To listen > our Scandals podcast "Tom Cruise: the mysteries of a life between Hollywood and Scientology"
So Tom Cruise, he has Hollywood at his feet, Hollywood
girls
at his feet, and everything to succeed.
And he succeeded, as we all know, but he also fell, very quickly, into the nets of an organization which at the time was looking for people like him to shine: Scientology.
The question we asked ourselves is: how could a star like him, who is undoubtedly very surrounded and therefore very protected, fall into this trap?
And how, even a Scientologist, being part of what is considered a sect in France, he can still be a superstar with whom many identify?
Could it have been otherwise, for him, if he hadn't crossed paths with this nebulous organization.
In this episode of Scandals, journalist Marion Galy-Ramounot retraces the dense and winding journey of Tom Cruise.
At his microphone follow one another:
Tony Ortega, THE American journalist specializing in Scientology.
He created a blog called The Underground Bunker, through which he investigates the organization.
Anne Fabisch, psychotherapist specializing in the care of victims of sects
Sean Redmond, film professor and author of
Starring Tom Cruise
Scandales is a podcast by
Madame Figaro
, written and presented by Marion Galy-Ramounot, and produced by Lucile Rousseau-Garcia.
Claire Bellahsen participated in the writing and production of this episode, helped by Adèle Jacquet.
Thomas Rozes produced and mixed it to music composed by Jean Thévenin.
Océane Ciuni is the editorial manager of
Scandales
, a podcast produced by Louie Créative, Louie Media's audio content agency.
This episode entitled “Tom Cruise: the mysteries of a life between Hollywood and Scientology” can be listened to for free on all platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Deezer, Spotify from May 2, 2022.