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| | Guardian Unlimited Film | Interviews | No more Mr Nice Guy |
 | | Cruise joined Scientology, the controversial church of religion and life philosophy started by L Ron Hubbard, after church courses helped him overcome his dyslexia in the Eighties; he was followed, one by one, by his three sisters. |
 | | Cruise is a dedicated student of the action hero disciplines: he wants to gain competence, he says, at rock-climbing and flying; he is loath to use a stunt double, preferring instead to spend months training in swordplay, Nascar racing and bike riding for films. |
 | | Cruise currently lives in Los Angeles with his sister Cass, her three children and, when they are with him, the two children he adopted with Nicole Kidman, Isabella, 12, and Connor, 9. |
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