Why Tom Cruise Is Terrified Of Robert Pattinson!

There was literally no harder working guy in Hollywood June 6 than Tom Cruise. The A-list actor shimmied, shook his moneymaker and made the audience at the MTV Movie Awards LMAO as his Tropic Thunder character, fat and loud-mouthed studio head Les Grossman, engaged in a dance-off with Jennifer Lopez. But when you factor in that Tom, one of Hollywood�s top-earning stars, also shot a promotional clip with Tinseltown�s man-of-the-moment, Robert Pattinson, we had to ask the question � why is Tom trying so hard?

The answer, according to several H-wood industry insiders, is that Tom is afraid of becoming irrelevant � and wants to give British hunk Rob, whom he presented the Best Global Star award to, a run for his money!

�Tom is working hard to stay relevant because if this movie doesn�t do well, then he�s lost his mojo. I thought it was really obvious that he was trying too hard to be cool at the MTV Movie Awards because he�s afraid of losing his status as THE Hollywood hunk,� one H-wood film producer tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. �He will continue to stay in the limelight because of his marriage [to Katie Holmes] but he is no longer the teen heartthrob. He�s going to try his hardest to do whatever he can to stay on top � and if that means trying to outshine Rob, he will.�

One talent manager says that if the 47-year-old actor is deluding himself if he�s trying to prove that he�s as relevant and popular as R-Patz, 24. In fact, having his new film, Knight and Day, open within five days (June 25) of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse�s, June 30 release may just be the dumbest decision ever!

�Releasing Knight and Day against Eclipse and hoping to get any of the audience is crazy. The tween, teen and young adult fans of Twilight are obsessed. I don�t believe there is any possible way for Tom to take a single ticket sale from that movie! He can�t compete with the hot, young stars and the �cool� factor they have.�





The manager continues, �In the �80s and �90s, Tom was hot! Everyone of all ages wanted to see him onscreen. He is relevant to the movie industry but teens, for the most part, don�t really care about him or know who he is. For the most part, he�s just that guy that jumped on Oprah�s couch.�

Agrees a second producer, �Tom is trying to show the world that he�s having fun and loving his career. With Knight and Day, he wants to show another generation of viewers who he is and how much they may love him. He�s pushing to win back his young fan base.�

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