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"Tom Cruise has reportedly expressed hopes of turning David Beckham into a movie star. The Oblivion actor and close friend of David is said to have spoken to the footballer about his next career move, following his recent retirement from football.   A source told the Daily Star: &amp;quot;David has always wanted to be a leading man in action films and Tom promised him a long time ago he could make those dreams come true. &amp;quot;And now that Becks has called time on football, he is ready for his friend to make good on his promise. &amp;quot;David feels that now is the time to transition into films while he&amp;#039;s still young enough to land the top-notch roles.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Tom Cruise became good friends with David after his move to Los Angeles several years ago, while Victoria Beckham befriended Cruise&amp;#039;s now-ex-wife Katie Holmes.  The source added; &amp;quot;David still keeps in touch with Tom and believes he&amp;#039;ll stand by his promise to help him become a star.&amp;quot; David was apparently offered a private jet by Tom Cruise in order for him to travel from London to Paris during his time at Paris Saint-Germain. Speaking about their friendship last year, David said: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Do I ride my bikes with Tom? Yeah I do. Have we become good friends over the years? Yes, we have become very good friends. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not a big celebrity thing. It&amp;#039;s just something that happened. And it&amp;#039;s good to have friends like that. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;He&amp;#039;s a really good person. Tom is one of the hardest-working people I know. He never stops. He&amp;#039;s a great dad and he&amp;#039;s got a great family behind him.&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Photo gallery - David Beckham retires:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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