The 49-year-old actor - who has five-year-old daughter Suri with the actress - says his spouse is responsible for him agreeing to star in forthcoming movie musical `Rock of Ages` because she is always trying to instil a love of the performing arts in her family.
He said: "You`re just as surprised as I am [that I`m in the movie]. Kate kept saying, `You`ve got to make a musical.` The dancing of [`Tropic Thunder` character] Les Grossman is inspired because Kate is a dancer, she sings, and she would take us to dance classes.
"She would say, `I`ve got this dance class for the family, come on we`ve got to do it, we`ve got hip-hop class, we`ve got to do it.` "
Tom plays 80s rocker Stacee Jaxx in the movie - which also stars Alex Baldwin, Catherine Zeta Jones, Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough - and though the actor studied the musicians of the period, he insists his character is not based on anyone in particular.
He told MTV News: "I just kind of studied the whole time period and read a lot of books."
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