86 “He said he wanted to help”: Josh Young, “Bill Clinton’s Grand Seduction,” George, March 1998.
87 “Scientology point person”: Ibid.
88 The Germans were puzzled: Stephen A. Kent, “Hollywood’s Celebrity-Lobbyists and the Clinton Administration’s American Foreign Policy toward German Scientology,” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 1 (Spring 2002).
89 “This is not a church”: Jennifer Tanaka, “Hollywood versus Germany over Scientology,” Maclean’s, Jan. 20, 1997.
8. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
1 “mother school”: Interview with Lauren Haggis.
2 “I guess I’m not supposed”: Ibid.
3 “Oh, yeah”: Interview with Alissa Haggis.
4 Miscavige was hopeful: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun. Anna Schecter, “Tom Cruise’s Former Scientology Auditor Speaks about Cruise/Kidman Divorce,” Rock Center with Brian Williams, July 11, 2012. The church issued a denial that Kidman was considered a Suppressive Person; see Maureen Orth, “What Katie Didn’t Know: Marriage, Scientology-Style,” Vanity Fair, October 2012.
5 “He was not in good shape”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.
6 She had suffered a miscarriage: Meryl Gordon, “Nicole Kidman Tells It Like It Is,” Marie Claire, Nov. 11, 2007.
7 “Nic knows exactly”: Dickerson, Nicole Kidman, pp. 146–47.
8 He paired Cruise with: Interview with Jason Beghe. Cruise’s attorney says, “Mr. Cruise may have had a chance encounter with Jason Beghe at the Celebrity Center, but had no meeting with him.”
9 He had known Cruise: Interview with Tommy Davis.
10 reporting directly to Shelly Miscavige: Interview with Claire Headley.
11 Rathbun assigned Davis to: Interview with Jason Beghe.
12 One of the issues: One Day One Destiny, French documentary produced by Magneto Presse, 2009.
13 “Tommy told them over and over”: Dana Kennedy, “Katie Holmes ‘Biggest Nightmare’ in Scientology History, Say Experts,” Hollywood Reporter, July 4, 2012.
14 Rathbun’s auditing sessions: Interview with Tom De Vocht. Marc Headley told Vanity Fair that there were cameras behind a piece of furniture and in a lamp recording Cruise’s sessions: “There were two views—one close-up of the E-Meter dial and the other a long shot over Marty’s shoulder, showing Tom Cruise holding the cans.” Maureen Orth, “What Katie Didn’t Know,” Vanity Fair, Oct. 2012.
15 “I think I’m done”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.
16 “I have never met”: 2004 International Association of Scientologists Freedom Medal of Valor Ceremony.
17 Cruise poured millions: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 290.
18 “would understand the details”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun; www.themortonreport.com/celebrity/notables/exclusive-bill-clinton-tom-cruise-plotted-to-use-tony-blair-to-gain-tax-breaks-for-scientology/.
19 Later, Cruise went to: Interview with Mike Rinder.
20 In 2003, he met: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 286.
21 “Bush may be an idiot”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.
22 “They don’t die easily”: Interview with Paul Haggis.
23 “I think you’ll discover”: Ibid.
24 “You’ll win an Academy Award”: Interview with Deborah Rennard Haggis.
25 “That’s great”: Interview with Paul Haggis
26 While he was still editing: Haggis would share screen credit with William D. Broyles, Jr.
27 “It’s really remarkable to me”: Interview with Paul Haggis.
28 He accompanied the star: Headley, Blown for Good, p. 118.
29 “It was a joke”: Interview with Tommy Davis, who said Haggis “apologized profusely.”
30 funded a school: Jana Winter, “Will Smith Funds Private Scientology School,” FoxNews.com, May 30, 2008.
31 Cruise called a meeting: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 289.
32 Erika Christensen: www.zimbio.com/Erika+Christensen/articles/3/Surprising+Celebrity+Scientologist+9+Erika.
33 No one had been more instrumental: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 266.
34 “Have a good show”: Interview with Allen Barton.
35 “Scientological McCarthyism”: Allen Barton letter to Jenna Elfman, June 1, 2004.
36 After Cruise rallied the: Interviews with Tom McCafferty and Art Cohan.
37 Katselas refused: Interviews with Art Cohan and Allen Barton.
38 Miscavige even wondered: Morton, Tom Cruise, p. 337.
39 “He’d say that Tom Cruise”: Jeff Hawkins, quoted in Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 290.
40 “Miscavige convinced Cruise”: Rathbun, The Scientology Reformation, p. 77.
41 “He didn’t have”: Interview with Marshall Herskovitz.
42 “Well, John, if you have powers”: Interview with Josh Brolin. Travolta, through a lawyer, agreed that the incident with Brando occurred, but characterized it as “tabloid-esque.”
43 The cook was summarily sent: Lana Mitchell, personal correspondence.
44 “At Flag”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.
45 showed him how to shoot: Ibid.