Did Church of Scientology 'audition' top female stars to be Tom Cruise's wife?

A new book has made claims that the Church of Scientology auditioned a host of Hollywood beauties including Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan and Kate Bosworth to be Tom Cruise's wife before settling on Katie Holmes.u00a0The Church of Scientology though has vehemently denied the claims made inu00a0'Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison Belief'.

Allegedly disappointed by his split from Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz in 2004 after she failed to embrace Scientology, Cruise, 50, allowed senior members of the church to summon the unwitting stars to read for a non-existent part in the ‘Mission: Impossible' series.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. File Pic/AFP

According to ‘Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison Belief', the ‘Top Gun' star initiated the unusual casting couch-style marriage interviews after a complaint to his sister at a Scientology church opening in Madrid that no one had been able to find him a new girlfriend, the Daily Mail reported.

The Hollywood mega-star also allegedly made the same complaint to Scientologist leader and his best friend David Miscavige after his three year relationship with Cruz ended, who according to the book wasted no time in beginning the search for a suitable Mrs. Cruise.

Lawyers for Cruise have vehemently insisted that no such conversations ever occurred while he was in Spain.

However, the tell-all book, penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright, alleges that Scientologist matchmakers arranged for "auditions" at the organisation's Celebrity Center in Los Angeles and invited the bevy of what-were young and promising actresses.

The book claims that each of the girls including hell-raiser Lohan, who was 18 in 2004, Alba, who is now happily married with two children and Johansson, were not chosen and in 2005 Cruise instead met Katie Holmes and then infamously jumped on Oprah Winfrey's couch.