Snoop Dogg 'wants to become the black Tom Cruise'

Snoop Dogg has revealed he wants to become the black Tom Cruise. The rapper is fast becoming a rising star in Hollywood after starring in 'Starsky and Hutch', but admits he wants to become a mega-star. Snoop said: "I'm trying to become the black Tom Cruise. I want to be able to get the kind of roles and money Tom Cruise gets. I know it seems far-fetched but I'm a dreamer and I believe it can come true." However, the star admits he very nearly gave up his ambitions to become an actor because no-one would cast him. Snoop revealed: "I was going to auditions and never getting the role. So I decided I wasn't going to audition any more." Instead the braided star - who is about to appear in spoof comedy 'Soul Plain' - admits he simply began telling the media he was starring in films to pressurise the director into giving him the part.

He said in an interview with Britain's Loaded magazine: "I went out and demanded 'Starsky and Hutch'. I was like. "I'm Huggy Bear. Period. I don't care."

Same with 'Soul Plane'. From now on, if I get a script, I just go straight to the media and say, "Yeah I'm playing this part."