Tom Cruise rolled into the Cannes2022 Film Festival – jet planes in tow – cranking up festivities with action, star power and autograph signings on the red carpet
Fans greeted him with whoops and hollers and the French Air Force aerobatic team Patrouille de France flew overhead, spraying the sky with coloured smoke trails in red, white and blue.
Cruise was in the city to promote the long-awaited "Top Gun: Maverick" movie sequel, which was held back for two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. A big ticket draw, it has added considerable buzz to the world's largest film festival as it marks a splashy return for its 75th anniversary edition.In a tuxedo and black bowtie, the American star worked the crowd lined up along the red carpet, signing photos and posing for selfies.
He posed with fellow actors Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller, clapping festival director Thierry Fremaux on the back when the jets flew over head.The 75th Cannes Film Festival - Photocall for the film "Top Gun: Maverick" Out of Competition - Cannes, France, May 18, 2022. Cast member Tom Cruise poses. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier"I was like, 'I must see him, absolutely, one way or another!'" said Oriane Holz, 22.
Katy McNulty, 46 and Joanne Routledge, 52, had been on the road since before dawn. The pair were up at 3 am and travelled from the north of England to Scotland, taking a plane from Edinburgh to Nice, and then a train to Cannes to arrive in time for Cruise's appearance."A selfie with Tom because we promised them at work that's what we'll deliver - and they told us we wouldn't," said Routledge.
Stan Hamilton, an American student learning French in Cannes, said: "Me and my father watched 'Top Gun' when I was a child. I wish he could be here with me now."Reporting by Mimosa Spencer and Michaela Cabrera; Editing by Jane Merriman and Rosalba O'Brien
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