Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise has promised his legion of fans that a proposed statue of him, which had originally received permits but were then revoked, will be built, even if the minute actor has "to build it my god damn self!"

The town of Grayson, Kentucky had originally embraced Cruise's plans and drawings of the life like statue of the actor, which was to have graced the main thoroughfare into the town, however red tape has forced a re-think.

"Originally we agreed Cruise could build a 50 foot statue of himself in our town," said alderman and city council member Henry Foot , "but after checking codes the height restriction is 40-feet - Cruise wants a 50-feet statue of himself built. He is adamant."

Cruise, who commissioned the statue and has already reportedly paid over $2,000,000 in development and design fees is furious; and has vowed that the statue, depicting Cruise as he appeared in the movie "The Color Of Money" holding a pool cue and smiling like a demented moron will be built or else "the shit will really hit the fan."