Actor
Tom
Cruise
dons
long
hair
in
Adam
Shankman's
forthcoming
movie
Rock
of
Ages
in
which
he
portrays
the
role
of
rocker
Stacee
Jaxx.
On
his
Twitter
page,
the
director
recently
posted
the
first
official
photo
of
shirtless
Cruise
performing
as
a
rocker
with
his
long
hair,
jewellery
and
tattoos.
Tom
Cruise
and
Adam
Shankman
started
the
shooting
for
this
upcoming
musical
drama
from
last
month
(May).
The
first
picture
of
Rock
of
Ages
shows
Cruise
performing
on
a
stage
with
jewellery
and
tattoos
decorating
his
shirtless
body.
Along
with
the
image,
Shankman
left
a
message,
"Ladies
and
gents:
first
look
at
tom
cruise
as
stacee
jaxx!
First
day
of
shooting!"
Shankman
says
that
he
chose
Tom
Cruise
because
he
has
excellent
vocal
chops.
His
character
has
elements
of
Axl
Rose,
Keith
Richards
and
Bret
Michaels.
During
the
interview,
Shankman
also
admitted
that
he
made
a
revision
on
the
original
Broadway
musical.
While
in
the
original
script
Jaxx
is
more
of
a
predatory
snake,
Cruise's
character
tends
to
be
a
lost
boy.
Rock
of
Ages
is
all
about
a
small
town
girl,
who
met
a
big
city
rocker.
And
in
LA's
most
famous
rock
club,
they
fell
in
love
to
the
greatest
songs
of
the
80s.
Tom
Cruise
is
working
with
Julianne
Hough,
Diego
Boneta,
and
Malin
Akerman
in
the
movie,
which
will
release
on
June
1,
2012.