Walking toxic dump Poshy Spice Beckham is apparently ready to make the leap from fashionista to movie star, and she's got somebody really big-time on her side - Tom Cruise.So all that helping Katie stuff wasn't just out of the kindness of her heart - she had an ulterior motive. She wants to be in the movies. And it looks like she's going to get her wish. Because Tom Cruise wants to make a Scientology movie, and he's got Poshy lined up as one of his stars.
Now, you would've thought that after the debacle that was Battlefield: Earth, John Travolta's adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's space opera, people would be a tad reluctant to take on another big sci-fi project having anything to do with Scientology or its late founder. But Tom apparently is not. Probably because he lives in his own reality where, if he thinks something is a good idea, it has to be a good idea.
And what exactly is Tom's good idea? Well, it's a sci-fi story - just as we would've suspected. And not just any sci-fi story, but one that goes right to the core of Scientology. Specifically, the idea that, within each living human, resides an alien spirit called a thetan. Tom wants to make a movie about the leader of these alien spirits, and he wants his wife Katie's pal Poshy to play the leader's wife.
And Poshy is said to be very excited about this. Why? Because she thinks this is going to be her big break in Hollywood.
Apparently Poshy never saw Battlefield: Earth either. And never saw herself in Spice World, her less-than-stellar film debut.
Does she realize Tom is basically box-office poison at this point? That the reason Tom is planning to finance this picture himself is because no one in Hollywood is insane enough to give him any money?
Can you say disaster waiting to happen?
And oh, by the way, another little tidbit. Apparently, Tom got really enthused about the idea of Poshy playing the part of the alien leader's wife after witnessing her "comic genius." One wonders what Poshy did to convince Tom of this talent. Was she trying to be funny at the time, or did she just slip on some dog-shit or say something stupid? And does Tom Cruise realize that declaring Posh Spice a "comic genius" does not reassure any of us as to the firmness of his grasp on reality?
I can't wait to see this movie. It's going to be the greatest thing since Zardoz.
