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"Tom Cruise has opened up about his role in Rock of Ages. The Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol star revealed that he was just as scared by the stunts he was required to perform for the action movie as he was by the prospect of singing in his first musical.  &amp;quot;They all have their risks,&amp;quot; Cruise told the Los Angeles Times. Cruise went on to credit wife Katie Holmes with getting him interested in the world of singing and dancing, explaining: &amp;quot;I had started dancing because I was inspired by my wife. She kept saying, &amp;#039;You&amp;#039;ve got to do a musical sometime&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;Kate&amp;#039;s a dancer, so she would say, &amp;#039;Let&amp;#039;s go to dance class&amp;#039;, and she would take us and that&amp;#039;s how I kind of came up with the idea of Les Grossman doing hip-hop,&amp;quot; he continued, referring to his Tropic Thunder character. &amp;quot;And then to take it to this level with this? It was really fun,&amp;quot; Cruise concluded.  Cruise&amp;#039;s Rock of Ages co-star Mary J Blige has promised that the actor&amp;#039;s singing will not disappoint, saying that Cruise became a rock star while filming his role as ageing rocker Stacee Jaxx.  Rock of Ages is released on June 1, 2012 in the US and on June 29, 2012 in the UK. &amp;gt; Julianne Hough on Rock of Ages: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been really lucky&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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