Beckham Calls On Cruise for Hollywood Advice

[SoulManX]

Soccer superstar David Beckham turned to pal Tom Cruise to make sure he'd made the right decision to sign up for life in Hollywood. The English sports hero stunned fans on Thursday when he announced he'd signed a five-year $250 million contract to play for America's Major League Soccer team the LA Galaxy. And he has been calling Cruise, who invited Beckham and his wife Victoria to his Italian wedding last year, to get advice. Speaking via satellite from his current home in Spain at a hastily-organized press conference last Friday, the former England soccer captain said, "I was on the phone to him for about an hour last night and then an hour the night before. I asked him for his advice... because he's a very wise man, he's a very good friend of mine... He couldn't speak any higher than what he was saying about LA and that's gonna be a big help for us, to have friends actually when we arrive in LA." Cruise was one of the first people to find out about his pal's move to the US. Beckham adds, "I phoned him and said there might be an announcement."

 

[Speedball]

...He doesn't even have to think about it, much less as Tom Cruise if it's a good idea.
$250 million...you'd have to be stupid to turn down that much money.

 

[SoulManX]

...He doesn't even have to think about it, much less as Tom Cruise if it's a good idea.
$250 million...you'd have to be stupid to turn down that much money.

Yea but soccer is still not a big money maker like the other sports.

 

[Speedball]

Yea but soccer is still not a big money maker like the other sports.

It could be with him over here.

 

[SoulManX]

It could be with him over here.

I don't know doubtful...could happen...but still doubt it.

 

[SoulManX]

MILAN (Reuters) - Hollywood glamour more than the pull of U.S. soccer may explain why David Beckham has decided to move to Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani.





"If (reports that the deal is worth $250 million) are true, then he has done the right thing. And I think he wants to be an actor, not a footballer," Armani, who has designed the England soccer team's outfits in recent years, told reporters on the sidelines of Milan's fashion shows.
"He is a very handsome man and his football career could be nearing an end," he said. "Also look at his wife...I saw her at Tom Cruise's wedding and she is a very bubbly lady," he said.
Beckham announced last week he had not renewed his contract with Real Madrid and would move to Galaxy.
He told reporters on Friday he had sought the advice of his actor friend Tom Cruise before agreeing the big-money move.

 

[Badger]

He'll make like 10 million playing soccer, the rest is from endorsements.
The only reason he's playing soccer in america is because he's a hack in any league in Europe, but will be a top player in the MLS. He also wants to act, GOD help us.