Tom Cruise More Mellow During Taping Of The Oprah Winfrey Show

Tom Cruise didn't jump on Oprah Winfrey's couch this time. The actor was in Chicago on Thursday to tape an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the homage to his celebrity career that launched 25 years ago when he danced in his underwear in "Risky Business."

Audience members said that Cruise's demeanor was nothing like his infamous coach-jumping incident three years ago, when he made a spectacle of himself while proclaiming his love for now wife Katie Holmes.

Family members, including Katie Holmes and the couple's 2-year-old daughter Suri, accompanied Tom Cruise.

It was half of a two-part interview Winfrey did with Cruise that will air Friday and Monday. For Friday's show, Winfrey interviewed the 45-year-old actor at his home in Telluride, Colo. Monday's show was taped at her Chicago studio in front of an audience.

In a preview of Friday's show posted on her Web site, Winfrey asked Cruise if he feels he has been misunderstood, thinks he has come under attack unnecessarily and how he has been accepted by his wife Katie Holmes' family.

Winfrey mentions his criticism of actress Brooke Shields for taking antidepressants and his argument with "Today" show host Matt Lauer over whether psychiatric treatment helps people.

Audience members got a box of Cruise's movies on DVD as a gift.

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