27. He Ignored Them…At First

Following his divorce, Cruise jumped headlong into his romance with Nicole Kidman—but he still had baggage from his first marriage, in the form of his newfound devotion to Scientology. The church identified Kidman as a potential trouble source, due to her Catholic background, but Cruise ignored their protests. At first, they were living a fairytale—but eventually, it would come back to haunt them.

28. Then Comes Marriage

In 1990, Cruise proposed to Kidman, and the pair got married on Christmas Eve of that year. It was just ten months after his divorce from Rogers. Fools might rush in, but their marriage was solid—at least at first. In between appearing in their own projects, the two acted in two films together…but the tabloid scrutiny was incredibly intense.