Katie Holmes Encouraged Tom Cruise to Do 'Rock of Ages'

Tom Cruise holds hands with wife Katie Holmes while heading to a dance studio on Friday (December 16) in NYC.

The 49-year-old actor will soon be helping Katie celebrate her birthday – she turns 33 this Sunday (December 18)!

Tom recently revealed that he decided to do Rock of Ages with some encouragement from Katie.

“[She] kept saying, ‘You’ve got to make a musical.’ The dancing of [Tropic Thunder character] Les Grossman is inspired because Kate is a dancer. She sings and she would take us to [dance classes],” Tom told MTV News.

“[She would say] ‘I’ve got this dance class for the family, come on we’ve got to do it. We’ve got hip-hop class, we’ve got to do it,’” he added.

FYI: Katie is carrying Clare Vivier‘s red messenger bag.