Mission Impossible: How Is Tom Cruise as Tall as Cameron Diaz in Heels?

By The Editors of StyleList Posted Sep 30th 2010 10:50AM

Just how is 5-foot-7 actor Tom Cruise able to stand as tall as 5-foot-9 co-star Cameron Diaz -- who was wearing four-inch heels? That's a six-inch difference if you are counting and our friends at StyleList break down just how they were able to orchestrate it at the Tokyo premiere of their film 'Knight & Day.'

Standing side-by-side, Cruise and Diaz, who was poured into a belted black dress by Bottega Veneta paired with multicolored Jimmy Choo heels, practically matched each other inch for inch, as reported first in the Daily Mail.

Was this from a sudden growth spurt on Cruise's side? A shrinking Cameron?

Neither, it turns out. The Daily Mail reports that Cruise may have reached new heights with the help of shoe lifts, special inserts placed inside a man's shoe to raise his heel and make him taller.

The Daily Mail reports that a single pair of the tootsie transformers costs between £50 and £100 (that's $79 and $159 U.S.), while a bespoke pair could set a guy like Cruise back a whopping £1,700 ($2,700 U.S.).

Pricey to be sure, but it's not like Cruise can't afford it and use the height boosters again: He's currently filming "Mission: Impossible 4," co-starring 6-foot-1 1/2 Josh Holloway and 5-foot-10 Jeremy Renner, who will no doubt find working with Cruise to be an uplifting experience.

'Knight and Day' was considered a box office disappointment here in the US, only reaching grosses of $76 million. But the action comedy has played better overseas, grossing over $150 million and certainly the A-list duo hopes that a successful run in Japan helps their rep as bankable worldwide stars. Get More on the Movie from Moviefone >>>

Tags: cameron diaz, tom cruise

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Thursday 30 September

By BTDT

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He should stuff his ego in his shoes. He'd be six foot six.

By themeeker

He's a total midget in all respects. I saw his nude scene in "All the Right Moves" and he is most certainly NOT talented down there either. Everything about him makes my skin crawl.

By Samantha

Tom can make himself ten feet tall & I still won't like him; a narcissistic, overbearing puff of a boy dressing in daddy's clothes & playing pretend.

By Matt

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Bruno should be fired! But I think all of the judges are crap and it would pump up the show to change them - they are tired and tiring to listen to them.

Frankly I am surprized that they lasted so long - some one has gone to sleep DWS.

By matt

Tom has not made a good movie in years - may be this movie is really a mission impossible. All of his movies since he left the studio's stink, do you think he will ever wake up?

By mem

Maybe L Ron Hubbard came back to earth and helped Tom to grow taller. After all Mr. Hubbard's quote came true "You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion!" so why not longer legs for Tom.

By lucas

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actually with his money he could get surgery to have his legs extended. they do it for dwarfs and such all the time. and it is done cosmetically overseas.

I'm actually more shocked that he hasn't had it done than the 'news' that he wears lifts.

By Julie

Tom Cruise is a has been.

By Nico Toscani

You can tell they're lift shoes. Many short guys wear them.

By junkiejava3

HE BROUGHT MORE CASH TO THE BOX OFFICE THAN ANYOTHER ACTOR. THAN HE DISTROYED HIS OWN CAREER AND SHOWED EVERYONE WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE REALLY IS. JUST TO BE THE G RATED VERSION FOR AOL TOM CRUISE IS A REALLY DANGEROUSLY DEMENTED BAD PERSON.

By deemac

Is this really all you can focus on in hollywood? I read the headline and stopped there.

I mean seriously. Someone is getting paid to write this stupid crap?
How tall he is how short he is..... how old he is..... how young he is?
Her hair is this.... her neck is that. She got a boob job .....he has man-boobs.
She's too fat..... too thin..... too old.... too young.
Even stars kids are being critiqued. Tim Gunn is
actually attacking Suri Cruise and how she dresses. This guy is one of the creepiest people on the planet.

I mean look around is there anything anything nice you can say?

There are people out here who really would like to hear some things that are kind and uplifting.

By rominakatz

I can't stand Tom. High heels or not, to me, he is the most insignificant little worm. He's a queef.

By Tex

" The Daily Mail reports that Cruise may have reached new heights with the help of shoe lifts"...............You can call that reporting if you like, but "may have" means a guess to the rest of the world.

By Apostate

"Little Big Thetan" seems to be the most apt description...

By godddyy

Great actor and American Icon truly gifted wonderful breathtaking fantastic an American treasure.

By Naomi T

Love TC, always have. From "Legend" to "Minority Report" the guy is fabulous.

By Heyes

The midget is making anouther Mission impossible?? LOL the last one lost money!!.. I guess the extra 8 inches in his .. shoes or elsewhere in his body... has made him more odd than normal

By george

She wears flats, and he wears heels, (probably red)

Is this strange little midget out promoting yet another crappy movie? If he is, I won't go see this one either.

Friday 01 October

By Bones

Oh the internet....Where you can make disparaging remarks about a person you obviously don't know personally.

Hate his movies all you want. Hate Scientology.

But if you don't know the guy, why create things about the guy out of thin air?

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