Jason Beghe 'unravels' Scientology • ©2008 The Village Voice

“I’m probably not going to be doing any movies for United Artists any time soon” – Beghe (referring to the Cruise-owned studio) In April 2008, actor Jason Beghe (Everwood, Jag, Numb3rs, CSI, Cane) unravelled Scientology, a religion he had been a member of for 14 years. In an interview with The Village Voice, he claimed to have given the church about a million (US) dollars to ‘reach the Bridge to Xenu’. He offered a surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes 411 on the Hollywood set, with Tom Cruise and John Travolta currently embedded within the group. Paraphrasing Beghe, religion is the ultimate mousetrap. However, it does not work without cheese, whereas a cult is a religion because you are the cheese. Words - Tommy Peters Source, The Village Voice. Bodie Elfman gave him a copy of What Is Scientology, a lavishly illustrated hardback that introduced him to the idea that L. Ron Hubbard had invented a “technology” of the mind that suppose...