Dubbed
Tom Cruise since the eighties. Due to other obligations he
couldn't dub him in
Ojos bien cerrados (1999), so
Stanley Kubrick, who is known to
choose dubbing actors for his stars, chose
Patrick Winczewski. Since
then Tom Cruise insists on Patrick Winczewski as his dubbing voice even
though Stephan Schwartz is much closer to Cruise's real voice. In an
interview in a German show Stephan Schwartz was asked if Cruise's
Scientology connections could be the reason why he didn't dub him
anymore. Kiddingly he said something like "Yes, of course" but got
taken seriously. That's how the rumor about Schwartz giving up Cruise
because of his Scientology connections arose. A rumor taken seriously
among most German dubbing fans.
