Tom Cruise laughs as he fields questions

NEW PLYMOUTH, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 11: Actor/Producer Tom Cruise laughs as he speaks to the media during a press conference to promote the film "The Last Samurai" at the Theatre Royal on January 11, 2003, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Set in 1870's Imperialist Japan, the film depicts the destruction of the Samurai. Tom Cruise plays civil war veteran Captain Woodrow Algren. Directed by Edward Zwick, most of the film currently in production is shot in New Plymouth at a budget of around $100 million dollars. (Photo by Simon Baker/Getty Images).