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Paula Patton is featured in the January issue of GQ as part of the promotion for Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, and I finally now have an opportunity to say something that’s been on my mind for quite some time. I honestly think that Paula is far too alluring to play the romantic love interest (or leading lady) of Tom Cruise. Sure, he’s good looking in a very anticeptic, plastic sort of way, but Tom is so not sexy, and he hasn’t been for quite some time (and I’m talking about the pre-couch jumping era too). So putting him up onscreen next to a woman with such obvious sensual allure is almost comical. Really:
On Her MI4 Role: Paula joins Tom Cruise’s gang as a sexy lady-spy-as if there were any other kind—who vamps it up and gets dirty in equal measure, per the international lady-spy handbook Vamping It Up and Getting Dirty in Equal Measure: A Primer. “I was doing physical stunts,” says Patton excitedly, “feet in the mud, fingernails full of dirt, shooting and fighting for my life.”
On Her Husband: Sadly for you, she is married to singer Robin Thicke-son of Growing Pains patriarch and proud Canadian Alan. Somehow she has figured out how to bridge the vast cultural divide between her and her in-laws: Canadians are a lot like us, actually,” Patton jokes. “I’ve figured out how to blend in.” Spoken like a true lady-spy.
[From GQ]
There’s really not much of an interview available as of yet, but the photoshoot is just phenomenal and makes me giggle at how inadequate Tom must feel next to Paula. Don’t get me wrong — I know that she signed onto MI4 because it’s a great opportunity to get the kind of exposure that the Tom Cruise circus would necessarily promise. Still, most of his recent leading ladies have been somewhat lacking in the sex appeal department — his last cinematic love interest was Cameron Diaz, who is pretty (I guess) in her own unusual way but certainly not a knockout like Paula.
To provide a point of reference, here’s Paula with Tom in a still from MI4. Awkward, much?
In addition, I’m also rather conflicted over Paula’s strange fashion choices for the MI4 international red carpet tour. Here she is in a not-so-bad Georgio Armani dress in Dubai:
Also just okay was Paula’s Naeem Khan minidress in London:
Things took a turn for the worse with this Kardashian-esque Dolce & Gabbana dress in Madrid:
And here’s Paula wearing Dolce & Gabbana once more at the Rio premiere. This terrible tent dress does nothing for her figure:
Photos courtesy of GQ, Fame, WENN & AllMoviePhoto
Written by Bedhead
Posted in Fashion, Paula Patton, Tom Cruise
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Agreed. Tom is not sexy. This woman needs a sexy male lead.
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Abso-effing-lutely!
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Agreed. Tom is not sexy at all. This woman needs a smexy male lead, not desperate Tommy Boy.
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And she gave birth to a kid…great body… Can’t act worth a damn
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She’s clearly in need of a stylist. This is her break out role. As she gets better, she and gets bigger checks she can hire Rachel Zoe.
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I REALLY hope she doesn’t hire Rachel Zoe…if she does, she can kiss her secure body image and beautiful curves goodbye! Isn’t Rachel famous for encouraging the women she styles to be stick-figures like her?
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Rachel Zoe is scary looking. Has a withered look that people get when they don’t eat and only have enough muscle mass to keep them standing upright. We don’t want this curvy sexy girl to emulate Zoe.
She just needs a stylist that puts her in clothes that don’t emphasizes her wide shoulders (gives her frame a mannish look in the wrong top).
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I LOVE fashion, and I think that rachel zoe is a terrble stylist.She has actually styled Paula Patton, I dont know if she has been doing it for the Ghost Protocol promo though. She has great taste in shoes, but she doesnt make a woman look good. I think she picks pieces that she things are high fashion or unique but, she doesnt think about how or if it makes the client look more attractive.
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Saw the new “Mission: Impossible” this weekend – she actually isn’t Cruise’s love interest, just the resident sexy lady-spy who has to seduce a millionaire. But, the movie is extremely (and somewhat surprisingly) entertaining!
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You beat me to the comment of her not being the love interest. But I liked how they didn’t sex her up, until the part where she was suppose to be the seductress. Kudos for that.
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Is she actually playing his love interest? I hate myself for knowing this, but he was married in MI3. Did his wife die or something? Or does he just have to screw hotties in every project to prove he’s totally straight? Not that this matters, since I’m probably not seeing this anyway.
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CG, she does not play his love interest, just a member of his team. The wife is mentioned, but I don’t want to spoil anything, so that’s all I say on that. I have to say, I’ve seen it twice (once in a free advance screening, and then again this weekend), and it was excellent. I adore J.J. Abrams, and considered the 3rd MI my fave, but I enjoyed this one a bit more.
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I’ve actually been reading/hearing lots of good things about it, so I might let my roommate drag me to it.
Can’t believe I’m actually considering going to a Tom Cruise movie! Thanks for the heads up. 
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She is gorgeous, and her body looks amazing. Lucky bitch, wish my pre and post baby body looked like that. But it’s coming along, finally!
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I’m noticing that her feet are covered when shes next to TC. maybe shes contractually obligated to wear flats? I wonder if they had to CGI scenes from the film to make his height look more normal next to her.
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i love her natural smile, not fake and posey like most of the celebs
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I think she’s part of Tom’s team in MI4. I love that she’s been with her husband since they were in High School.
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No one is too sexeh for Tom Cruise, Bedhead.
In fact, it’s Tom Cruise who’s just too sexy (for his shirt and all.)
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That D&G dress is gonna give me nightmares.
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I don’t think Paula gives a f–k right now about pleasing anyone fashion wise, but I think she will learn to when she starts being nominated for things. I think she’s a good actress, and this is an opportunity to give her better roles. So than you Tommy for that at least.
I always am on the fence about whether I like seeing women as sexual objects in these magaines,but the girl is beautiful and despite the photographs, very classy.
I can’t wait to see MI416544 tomorrow. Shout out to six dollar Tuesdays at the Pearl Theatre on Broad Street ya’ll!
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Actually Paula is one of Rachel Zoe’s clients. They talked about dressing her for an awards show on her reality show.
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I don’t think she’s playing Tom Cruise’s love interest in MI4. They are just team-mates.
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The GQ pictures are stupid and I am tired of seeing “actresses” in porn poses. Gross.
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She seems to me like someone who’s trying too hard to gain the attention of directors, producers, and potential fans by trying to be overly sexy. Granted, she has to compete with these other actresses out here but geez, she should just be natural and keep herself covered up. I’m so sick of women thinking that the only way to get hired and be liked is to flaunt all their goods. I think her personality alone should be enough.
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Ahaha he looks like a little man puppet next to her.
Also something that has been bothering me for a while (and this may be a stupid question) – but how comes the people styling women in films get it SO right, and yet stylists for the red carpet frequently get it wrong? I mean look at the green dress above – HOT. I don’t know if she styled herself for the red carpet (which would explain the misses) but seriously.. I don’t get it.
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Paula photographs sexy, but in interviews she’s more like the funny, sweet girl next door. I have never seen a bad Tom Cruise movie (except Far Away and Eyes Wide Shut), so I will see this one. He is nutty in real life but he brings it in movies.
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Too sexy for everything. Didn’t she just have a baby?
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I think the perfect description for Tom Cruise is asexual. I just can’t imagine him being sexual, at all. Can’t imagine him being sexy, romantic with a man or woman. Just nothing.
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Based on the trailers I don’t think she’s a love interest, just a team member. MI4 is getting really good reviews. I liked MI3. It underperformed because it came out at the height of Tom’s overexposure.
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She’s a women of color so kudos! to her being the lead romantic interest in any film!
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She is so beautiful.
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She’s more of a Bond girl. She needs to be next to Daniel Craig over Tom Cruise.
Tom was was always just okay looking. Back in the day, Robert Downey Jr kind of looked like a troll doll. As an 40 something year old guy with a goatee he’s HOT. That is sexy.
Tom was cute when he was in his 20s but it didn’t look good as he got older. He didn’t look cute anymore. He was never sex.
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She has no waist. That’s the main problem dressing her. She could pull off punky, high fashion stuff, I think. It would play well against her girl-next-door appeal. Jmho.
Wrt the audio of the trailer for MI:GP, the dialog sounded worse & more robotic than a Saturday cartoon. J.J. Abrams has SUCH a great rep, but I’m always, like, ‘Wha?’. Am I just too old? Have I been spoiled by the great dialog of the 30s screwball comedies and brilliant TV writing like Moonlighting and awesome films like the one with Cher & Nic Cage (just before we found out he belongs in an institution via overer-exposure?). Am I just DATED BEYOND ALL REDEMPTION?
I think not!? I just have good taste!
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Soooo beautiful. She’s 36 years old and is just getting her big break now. Go girl! Hollywood needs “older” hot women to play opposite George, Brad, Johnny and co. I forsee a great future for her.
But question: Why did it take so long for her to break through? She’s married to Robin Thicke (they were dating for like 15 years!) and Dr. Seaver is her step dad!
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I loves me some Thickes, but there’s no way this isn’t about Robin and Paula:
http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2011/12/four-for-friday.html
I don’t find her “too sexy” for anything…but pretty.
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Even if you don’t like Tom, he is a nice looking man. She is not too sexy for him. I would love to see her play his love interest.
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Tom is alright. I am a fan.
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