London
(ANI):
'Top
Gun'
actor
Tom
cruise
has
been
hit
by
another
controversy
in
concern
with
his
religion
after
a
former
Scientologist
has
claimed
that
his
marriage
to
Katie
Holmes
was
set
up
after
his
split
from
Penelope
Cruz
in
2004.
It
is
claimed
that
it
was
the
Church
of
Scientology
who
set
up
the
alliance
after
a
chain
of
fake
casting
calls
for
actresses
including
Jennifer
Garner
and
Jessica
Alba
did
not
reap
fruitful
results
in
finding
a
suitable
wife
for
the
45-year-old
Hollywood
heart-throb.
Ex-Scientologist
Marc
Headley,
who
used
to
produce
promotional
films
for
the
controversial
religion,
has
made
the
claims.
He
said
that
it
was
Scientology
leader
David
Miscavige,
who
allegedly
planned
an
audition
process
for
prospective
wives
disguised
as
a
casting
call
for
a
new
movie
starring
Cruise.
"After
that
(splitting
from
Cruz),
he
started
complaining
to
his
best
buddy
David
about
his
luck
with
girls.
So
Miscavige
assigned
a
high-ranking
official
with
the
order:
'Find
a
wife
for
Tom
Cruise.'
The
official
put
out
a
casting
call
to
female
actresses,
including
Scientologists,
saying,
'There's
an
upcoming
Tom
Cruise
movie
you
might
get
a
part
in.
Come
for
an
audition,"" The
Sun
quoted
him,
as
telling
the
News
of
the
World.
He
added:
"But
in
the
end
no
movie
was
made.
They
had
to
be
single,
they
had
to
be
pretty
and
in
their
20s.
First
they
rounded
up
Scientologist
actresses
like
Erica
Christensen,
Erica
Howard
and
Sofia
Milos.
But
they
were
all
rejected."
Headley
did
not
name
the
official
but
said
that
he
later
tried
to
draw
in
Jennifer
Garner,
seeing
her
as
the
one
who
fit
the
bill
the
best.
However,
she
had
then
recently
started
dating
Ben
Affleck.
Headley
said:
"Then...
they
went
for
Jennifer
Garner,
Scarlett
Johansson
and
Jessica
Alba,
in
that
order.
They
came
up
with
the
same
plan.
Jennifer
and
Jessica
didn't
bite
but
Scarlett
took
the
bait
and
came
in
for
an
audition.
When
she
arrived
at
the
audition
address
and
found
out
it
was
the
Scientology
Center
in
Hollywood
she
freaked
out
and
didn't
do
a
tape...
But
then
they
found
Holmes,
who
was
spotted
gushing
about
Cruise
and
was
called
to
LA
to
meet
the
actor.
"So
they
worked
the
audition
tape
on
Katie,
got
her
to
L.A.
and
introduced
her
to
Tom.
The
moment
he
meets
her,
he's
enthralled
with
her
and
he
told
Miscavige
later,
'I
knew
immediately
she
was
the
one.'
"