Though Cruise and Cruz’s relationship predates the official auditions Vanity Fair claims happened, Scientology’s disapproval was allegedly one of the reasons the relationship between the pair ended.

The pair dated from 2001 to 2004 and according to a 2013 report by Vanity Fair split because Cruz “ran afoul of [church leader David Miscavige]” because she was unwilling to “forsake her Buddhist beliefs.”

It has also been reported that Cruise’s close relationship with another ex was part of the reason for the split. 

Iranian-born actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi was reportedly Scientology’s first pick before they later landed on another female actress (no prizes for guessing who) but the union did not last.

According to Vanity Fair, the then-23-year-old was a member of the Church and went through an extensive auditing process that allegedly even led to her breaking up with her boyfriend.

Between November and December 2004, Boniadi and Cruise, who was 42 at the time, were allegedly inseparable, causing concern among her friends and family.

However, the pair struggled to get their relationship off the ground and Boniadi allegedly failed to prove herself to be an adequate match for Cruise in the eyes of Scientology leaders. Thus, the relationship ended and, according to Vanity Fair, Cruise had another key figure in the Church break up with Boniadi on his behalf.

In Vanity Fair’s bombshell 2012 aritcle about the auditions, Johansson was named as one of the stars Scientology attempted to entice to Cruise.

However, the actress feverishly denied the claim in 2018. “The very idea of any person auditioning to be in a relationship is so demeaning,” Johansson said in a statement, per People. “I refuse for anyone to spread the idea that I lack the integrity to choose my own relationships.”

In 2008, a biographer alleged that Jennifer Garner was courted by Cruise, per the Daily Mail. Cruise would allegedly call Garner and leave obscure voicemails for her.

However, based on the number of times Garner has been photographed going to church, we’re guessing her Methodist faith might be part of the reason this relationship never got off the ground! 

Sofía Vergara was also name dropped as one of the women up for the role of Mrs. Cruise. The duo reportedly briefly dated at the beginning of 2005 but Vergara was ruled out as a potential match when she refused to renounce her Catholic faith. 

As the rumor goes, Holmes “won” the auditioning process and began dating Cruise in 2005 before he very publicly declared his love for the Dawson’s Creek actress while jumping on Oprah’s couch. 

Holmes revealed in W Magazine that year that she was converting to Scientology, saying, “I just started auditing and I’m taking some courses and I really like it. I feel like it’s really helping.”

The pair welcomed their daughter, Suri, and married in 2006 but Holmes shocked the world when she abruptly filed for divorce from Cruise in 2012. It has been heavily reported that Holmes did so to get herself and her daughter out of Scientology. 

According to Lawrence Wright’s book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Cruise courted Jessica Alba, but she never even showed up at the Scientology Celebrity Center to “try out.”

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Fellow Scientologist Erika Christensen was also reportedly “auditioned” to be a mate for Cruise, according to the New York Daily News!

According to the same outlet, Kate Bosworth was also considered, as well as…

Lindsay Lohan! And clearly it didn’t work out.