Will On Tom

Will Smith is standing up for his good pal Tom Cruise .

The HanCOCK star wants y’all to stop knocking Tom for being a Scientologist!

In a new interview Jada’s wife says, “That’s painful for me to see. I’ve met very few people committed to goodness the way Tom is. We disagree on a lot of things. ├óΓé¼┬ª But even with different faiths and different beliefs, at the end of the day, goodness is goodness.”

Nice! Way to remind us that you’re proclaiming in public your non-Scientologist ways.

As we’ve previously mentioned, Will’s on his way to box office history. If Hancock opens to big numbers, as expected, he’ll be the first actor to score 8 consecutive $100 million movies.

Tom, the former box office champ is trying to one-up Will, though!

Apparently the two have this ongoing autograph face off thing going…they see who can sign fan autographs longer.

The Fresh Prince says, “It’s hard to beat that dude. He has another gear. He did 2 1/2 hours in France for Mission: Impossible on the red carpet. Now when I go to France, people will say, ‘You know, Tom was out here for 2 1/2 hours.’ ”

Can Tom ‘go longer’ at other things?

[Image via WENN.]