Lauren Bacall has joined the rest of the American population in branding Tom Cruise a few french fries short of a Happy Meal.

In fact, the screen legend believes the once dashing action star is a complete “maniac.”

Bacall worked with Tom’s former wife, actress Nicole Kidman, on 2003 film Dogville and says the star appeared “unhappy” during filming.

“Tom had taken off for Penelope Cruz or some goddamn thing - one of his more ridiculous moves. Tom Cruise is a maniac. I can’t understand the way he conducts his life,” Bacall says in the new issue of Elle.

“When you talk about a great actor, you’re not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It’s inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but, I think, it’s kind of a sickness.”