Hollywood star Tom Cruise has launched his own page on Vkontakte, Russia's largest online social network, to promote his new film, "Oblivion," creating a buzz on the Russian Internet and attracting thousands of followers in a matter of hours.
The? creation of? the was announced on? Cruise's official Twitter account on? Thursday. "VK.com is a? European social network w/100mil users & we JUST launched a? profile," the? message read, followed by? "???????????????? ?‚?°??!"? — "We'll see you there!" in? Russian.
By? Sunday afternoon, the? veteran action hero had about 55,000 followers. "Tom Cruise" hovered at? the top of? Twitter's trend list on? Friday. The? actor has 3.7 million followers on .
Cruise's Vkontakte page contains promotional photographs from? his new sci-fli flick "Oblivion," in? which he stars alongside Morgan Freeman and? Ukrainian-born actress Olga Kurylenko as a? drone repairman on? a post-apocalyptic Earth.
Cruise, 50, Kurylenko and? director Joseph Kosinski are expected to? visit Moscow next month to? promote the? film, which premieres in? Russia on? April 11.
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