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Cruise promises to play a convincing Santa for Suri

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-25 15:01

U.S. actor Tom Cruise holds his daughter Suri during a break in the filming of "Knight & Day", a movie directed by U.S. director James Mangold in Seville, southern Spain, December 11, 2009.[Agencies]

After receiving less than rave reviews for his past Christmas morning performances, Tom Cruise has promised to play a more convincing Santa Claus this year.

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It seems Cruise’s previous attempts to pass himself off as old St. Nick earned little more than a stern “No, dada” from his toughest critic, daughter Suri. This time, however, the actor hopes for high marks from the 3-year-old.

“Tom freely admits he needs to put more effort into his annual role as Santa,” a Cruise pal told Pop Eater, adding that the ever-confident star now boasts that his upcoming routine “could even fool Rudolph!"