Okay, he never actually proposed, but had she showed up for the “girlfriend audition” that has been swirling around gossip circles since 2005, she might today be ‘Jennifer Garner: Mrs. Zombie Cruise Scientolobot,’ instead of Katie Holmes.

The story goes that Tom went to the the head of Scientology, David Miscavige, and asked for help finding a new mate after his breakup with Penelope Cruz. A makeshift casting call was held (only in Tom Cruise’s world is dating a “casting call”).

 According to Page Six:

There were of course restrictions: You had to be single, pretty and in your twenties. While a few female Scientologists were rounded up - Traffic’s Erika Christensen and CSI: Miami’s Sofia Milos - they were all rejected as Tom focused his attention on bigger stars. “They went for Jennifer Garner, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba, in that order,” Marc says. “Jennifer and Jessica didn’t bite but Scarlett took the bait and came in for an audition. When she arrived and found out it was the Scientology Center in Hollywood, she freaked out and didn’t do a tape…”

If you ask me, Jen, her husband, Ben Affleck and their little girl, Violet, are so doggone adorable together that you could just eat them right up like they were a hot fudge sundae with whipped cream, a cherry and tons of sprinkles on top.

This celebrity couple definitely doesn’t fit the typical Hollywood prototype.  Uh uh. Do you see them turning all freaky and morbid-to-stare-at like Tom and his Fourth Choice Bot Wife, Katie Holmes? Nope, it just aint happenin’.

If there was ever a Hollywood marriage destined to survive for the long haul, my money’s on this one.  Jen and Ben seem so solid in the way that they care for each other in their marriage that it should inspire the rest of us. They both love that daughter of theirs so much that you can just tell from looking at them that they are, in fact, a real family.