Article: Tom Cruise Says Making Movies Is Still Fun

First Published: January 11, 2013 10:03 AM EST Credit: Getty Images

SEOUL, South Korea -- Caption Tom Cruise attends the Jack Reacher Japan Premiere at Tokyo International Forum on January 9, 2013 in TokyoEven though hes been a Hollywood star for three decades, Tom Cruise says he still has fun making movies.

Cruise was in Seoul on Thursday to promote Jack Reacher, a thriller adapting Lee Childs novel One Shot, part of the best-selling series about a mysterious ex-military investigator.

Appearing at a news conference with director Christopher McQuarrie and co-star Rosamund Pike, Cruise said, It was so much fun making the film.

He said the wit of the movie and the charm of his character were elements that made the film fun.

Pike, who played James Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day in 2002, said she and Cruise enjoyed good on-screen chemistry something she said she never thought shed say.

You can even like a guy very much, like an actor very much, and there isnt any chemistry, she said but added, It was a great relationship to play. It was a lot of fun.

Cruise was making his fifth trip to South Korea and received honorary citizenship in the city of Busan on Thursday evening. Jack Reacher opens in South Korea next Thursday. The 50-year-old actor was in Tokyo on Wednesday for the films Japan premiere.

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