A shock new report out of the US claims Tom Cruise auditioned several women in the early noughties to be Mrs Cruise.
This week, American publication In Touch chat to two women who allegedly and unknowingly auditioned for the leading lady role in the actor’s life.
Indeed, it’s been well reported that American actress Nazanin Boniadi was trialed as a girlfriend for a few months before he married Katie Holmes.
And now former Scientologists Cathy Schenkelberg and Anette Johansen have shared their experiences with In Touch.
“We didn’t know we were auditioning to be Tom’s girlfriend but we found out afterward that that’s what it was,” Cathy tells the magazine.
Actress Cathy says in 2003, the Church of Scientology summoned her into a mock audition for a supposed educational video about their religion.
“The guy running the camera asked me, ‘What do you think of Tom Cruise?’ I was like, ‘I really don’t like him. I think he’s a narcissist,’ and he excused me from the audition.”
Anette with her various Scientology awards before she left the church.
Cathy says she unknowingly auditioned for the role under the guise of an educational video.
When she left the room, she claims a woman walked up to her and said: “You know that was an audition to be Tom Cruise’s girlfriend?”
In 2005, Tom’s team reportedly started to look for potential suitors in Europe.
Danish woman Anette Johanson says she auditioned when Tom was already seeing Katie Holmes.
“They probably wanted to have some backup plan,” she tells In Touch.”
American actress Nazanin Boniadi was trialed as a girlfriend before he ultimately married Katie Holmes.
However the Church of Scientology has shut down the allegations.
“There was no project, secret or otherwise, ever conducted by the church to find a bride [via audition or otherwise] for any member of the church. Never,” a spokesperson told the publication.
But Scientology expert Tony Ortega believes these auditions could still be taking place.
“The wife auditioning could still be going on but you would think after all of the bad publicity it got in the past, he wouldn’t do that again,” Tony tells the mag.
