Tom Cruise's shocking first marriage secret surfaces amid Ana de Armas romance

Tom Cruise’s first marriage is being talked about again, as he is said to be in “relentless pursuit” of Ana de Armas.

For the unversed, the 62-year-old Hollywood actor and film producer once called his first wife, Mimi Rogers, “my best friend” and said, "My wife is the most important thing in the world to me. I love being with her. I love her."

However, many people don’t know about their transient marriage but it shaped the life of Cruise. Roger was 30 and he was 24 when they tied the knot in 1987 but ended up parting ways three years later.

Sources told Radar Online that the Mission Impossible star, who is set to mark 45 years in Hollywood and is dating Armas, the 37-year-old Cuban-Spanish actress, but his first marriage to Rogers still strongly impacts his current love life.

"Tom doesn't talk about Mimi – ever. But anyone who knew him back then knows she was the one who changed everything,” the insiders revealed.

Referring to The Rapture star, they added, "She had this magnetic, almost spiritual pull on him. Mimi had the brains, the looks, and the belief system – Tom was hooked."

Notably, she had also stated that Cruise was struggling with spiritual commitment when they were married.

“Tom was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. At least for that period of time, it looked as though marriage wouldn't fit into his overall spiritual need,” Rogers claimed.

Moreover, per the same outlet, one of the Hollywood executives who collaborated with the couple shared, “He was obsessed with purity and discipline – that drove a wedge between them.”

"He basically walked out on her overnight. It wasn't about another woman at that point – it was about control, image, and the Church,” the insiders said.