New "Homeland" star Nazanin Boniadi may be making a splash on the hit TV show this season, but she almost made a splash of a different kind when she reportedly auditioned to be the new Mrs Tom Cruise a decade ago.

According Marc Headley, author of the explosive book, Blown for Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology, told The New York Post the actress approached him at a Los Angeles party wanting to know more about the chapter of his book, which detailed the casting process of finding Cruise a girlfriend.

Headley, who worked for 15 years for Scientology’s LA production company, Golden Era Productions, details in the book how he watched audition tapes of women answering questions about Scientology and their feelings about Cruise.

"This girl wants to know all about these audition tapes," Headley said. "She’s like, ‘When did this take place?’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t know, November, December 2004.’

"She starts crying, gets up and runs out of the room. She was going out with Tom Cruise in December of 2004 - we were still auditioning girls then. That was Naz. That was the first time I ever met Naz."

“Based on her reaction,” said Headley, "she was in love with the dude."

According to a Vanity Fair article published last year, 25-year-old Boniadi was linked to Cruise following his split with Penelope Cruz (who wouldn't convert to Scientology) and before he married Katie Holmes.

The couple even allegedly lived together for a few months before Cruise reportedly dumped her without explanation.

Boniadi, a former Scientologist, has never spoken publicly about her relationship with Cruise and she’s kept a low profile until her breakout performance on Homeland, where she plays Fara Sherazi, a young Iranian Muslim analyst working with the CIA.

When asked by the Post about her new notoriety, and what she’d prefer to be known for, Boniadi laughed, "Yes, please - my work!"



Originally published as Homeland star 'auditioned' for Cruise