Cruise's Early Kissing Practice

Big-screen star Tom Cruise had plenty of kissing practice in preparation for his career as one of cinema's hunkiest leading men - his sister's pals used to frequently lock lips with him.

The Minority Report heart-throb was only eight years old when his older sister's friends regularly rehearsed their kissing routines on him, in preparation for their upcoming dates.

And the Hollywood star admits he used to run home from school for his naughty encounters.

He says, "My older sisters and their friends were just starting to kiss boys. They needed somebody to practice on. I'd sprint home from school, go in the bathroom and they'd put me on the sink and my sister's two friends would take turns kissing me.

"They taught me how to French kiss when I was eight years old - I almost suffocated."