TOM CRUISE "Has Elements Of AXL ROSE, KEITH RICHARDS, BRET MICHAELS" In Rock Of Ages; First Photo Available

June 18, 2011, 13 years ago

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In Rock Of Ages, next summer's big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway jukebox musical that celebrates the '80s heyday of power ballads and glam metal, Cruise transforms into Stacee Jaxx, a superstar devotee of hair-band excess.

Check out the first photo of Cruise below:

"His character has elements of Axl Rose, Keith Richards and Bret Michaels," director Adam Shankman tells USATODAY.com
from the film's Miami set. "We did a huge amount of research on what people were going through in this period." He also relied on personal experience. "I knew a lot of these people because my dad was a music business manager."

While Cruise gets to belt out classics of the era such as BON JOVI's Wanted Dead or Alive, SCORPIONS' Rock You Like a Hurricane and joins in a group performance of JOURNEY's Don't Stop Believin', he also tackles a fair share of fancy footwork choreographed by Mia Michaels of TV's So You Think You Can Dance.

The Rock Of Ages cast also includes Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, Paul Giamatti, Malin Akerman, Bryan Cranston, Diego Boneta, and Julianne Hough.



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