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Tom Cruise love-in at Cannes as ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ premieres

Tom Cruise, nearing 60, is being celebrated at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for an extraordinary career. But there was one role the actor/producer couldn’t pull off here Wednesday, despite how hard he tried: humble regular dude.

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Left to right: Danny Ramirez, Greg Davis, Christopher McQuarrie, Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Jennifer Connelly, Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jay Ellis, Glen Powell, Jon Hamm and Lewis Pullman attend a cast photo call for “Top Gun: Maverick” during the 75th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.


CANNES, France — Tom Cruise is being celebrated at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for an extraordinary career that has seen him profitably play characters that include a flying ace and a vampire, a rock star and a samurai warrior.

But there was one role the actor/producer couldn’t pull off here Wednesday, despite how hard he tried: humble regular dude.

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Peter Howell

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