The most obvious real life target at the time (to me) was Heather Graham's character. She equalled Celestia herself, Anne Heche. Rumor had it that the breakup with Steve Martin (before the Ellen Degeneres whirlwind and Heche's Celestia crackup) was not at all amicable and he was working it out onscreen. I also recall totally registering that MindHead, the celebrity cult run by Terence Stamp was an obvious stand-in for Scientology. But now it's clearer still: that absolutely paranoid, alien-fearing, bonkers action movie star played by Eddie Murphy? You know who! 
The continuing TomKat lunacy is making me want to give Bowfinger another look.tags: Tom Cruise, Anne Heche, Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin,Bowfinger, movies, celebrities, scientology, gossip
