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Tom Cruise wipes his face
with a towel, Sunday, in central London after being doused with water during. (AP
Photo/PA, Multimedia) |
British police arrested four men after Tom Cruise
was squirted in the face with
water at the London premiere of his latest movie, "War of the Worlds."
Three of the men were released on
bail
Monday,
but a fourth faced further questioning.
Cruise was outside a movie theater in central London's Leicester Square
on Sunday doing interviews when a man squirted him with a water pistol
disguised as a microphone, London's Metropolitan Police said.
Cruise initially appeared to laugh at the incident
but then asked the prankster
: "Why would you do that?"
As the man gave a barely audible excuse, Cruise said: "Do you like
thinking less of people, is that it?" The prankster tried to walk away but
Cruise reached across the metal barrier, held his arm and said: "Don't run
away. That's incredibly rude. I'm here giving you an interview and you do
that ... it's incredibly rude."
The actor grew increasingly irritated and told the
man: "You're a jerk
." Footage of the incident appeared on Sky News TV on Monday.
Police detained the man who squirted Cruise and also arrested three
other men who filmed the incident. The four were working on a new comedy
show for British television station Channel 4 in which celebrities are the
targets of practical jokes.
Police released the men on bail several hours later and ordered them to
return to a central London police station on Monday, when they may be
charged with assault, the police spokesman said.
Actress Katie Holmes, who recently got engaged to Cruise, was at the
premiere but not by his side at the time of the
incident.
(yahoo) | 
Updated: 2005-06-21 14:10
