The New York Times reported in 2012 that Paul Thomas Anderson had originally conceived the idea of the film 12 years earlier, which would have been in 2000. Intriguingly, this was only one year after Anderson had directed the most famous Scientologist in the world, Tom Cruise, to an Oscar nomination in Magnolia (1999). At the press conference for the world premiere of the film at the Venice Film Festival, Anderson reported that he had screened the film for Cruise out of respect, but that Cruise and Anderson remained friends and any discussions between them would remain private.

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