Sarah posted photos from theTop Gun gala spectacle in Cannesyesterday along with details from his Q&A before the premiere at the palais. I’m here to follow up on a few more details now that the movie has screened for the festival audience –到五分钟的站立鼓掌, multiple ovations actually, because Tom was also presented with a “surprise” honorary Palme d’Or.
没有人需要证明为什么汤姆·克鲁斯（Tom Cruise）应该获得庆祝电影节的节日的奖项。他是有史以来最伟大的电影明星之一，没有他，关于电影历史的任何讨论都是不完整的。而且，此时他基本上被确立为所有电影的英雄。或者，更具体地说，是电影院中电影的英雄。汤姆·克鲁斯（Tom Cruise）将节省戏剧体验！没有人确定他是否真的会，但是当他将下巴放置时，谁会争辩？您知道著名的汤姆·克鲁斯（Tom Cruise）下巴弹性 - 如果您忘记了，一旦看到它，就会想起它Top Gun: Maverickbecause it’s practically its own character. Please don’t think I’m complaining about the jaw flex, because I’m not. I have seenTop Gun: Maverick, and I’m about to see it again, and I’ve already told you how much I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the movie. And I had no choice! Not when Tom Cruise is that determined to fly me away for two hours into his world of death-defying stunts and high-altitude exhilaration andshirtless lubed up hardbodies on the beach!
In addition to the award and the ovations, the Cannes crowd was also treated to an aerial display. OBVIOUSLY. Tom spent a lot of time with the fans lining the Croisette to watch his arrival on the red carpet. Then when he and the cast were on the carpet, eight fighter jets flew overhead, trailing red, white, and blue smoke – representing both France and the United States.
大声笑永远，这就像空军如何向女王向部队致敬吗？为什么在电影节上不应该有战斗机？
If only to give us the most Tom Cruise of photos…
Please, look at him in this shot. Look at his fist. Look at the fist-pumping and the expression on his face.
我死了。
就像幸福中的死亡一样。因为不是吗？这不是汤姆·克鲁斯（Tom Cruise）看过的最多的汤姆·克鲁斯（Tom Cruise）吗？
But you know what else is very Tom Cruise? The chivalry. I have colleagues who are in Cannes right now and were at the event yesterday, observing the Tom Cruise-ness of it all. And every single one of them was like, “he is SO attentive to Jennifer Connelly!” But a note first, because we’re not trying to stir up sh-t here, there’s no sh-t to stir, no rumours to start, seriously. This is not about romance, this is about performance – although I know that where he’s concerned sometimes the two are interchangeable but in this case they’re two separate things.
And what we’re seeing here is that Jennifer Connelly is Tom’s professional leading lady, strictly professionally, and the part he’s playing is consummate gentleman. Remember how he used to “present” Katie Holmes? He’s applying those skills to his co-star at their work event. I’m told he was never not attentive, always focused on making sure she was looked after, never not ready with a hand to guide her from one place to another, never missing an opportunity to talk about how spectacular she looked, seemingly enthralled by her so that the cameras would pick up on his eyeline and transfer their focus to her – like this:
It’s what people have always said about Tom Cruise – when he lasers in on you, like he’s in the cockpit, haha, he’s locked the f-ck in. I know because I experienced it myself when I interviewed him a few years ago, and we were having tech difficulties and he held my eyes with his eyes, and put his hand on my shoulder, and told me it was going to be OK. For those few brief moments, I not only believed him, but he made me feel special. When I interviewed the cast for the junket a couple of weeks ago, they said the same thing. Jay Ellis told me that working with Tom Cruise is like having the most world class of life coaches: every day he would tell the younger actors that he believed him them, that they could do it (they were training to fly F-18s), that he would be their wingman the whole time, that they could accomplish everything they set their minds to, and being on the receiving end of that care makes you feel like you’re the only one in the room. That was Jennifer Connelly in Cannes. And I feel like it’ll be the same with Hayley Atwell next year or whenever任务：不可能7就出来了。因为它的年since Tom’s had a public romantic partner to showcase his chivalry with, which means those signature moves are now transferred to his professional partners. Look for that again tonight when Tom and Team Top Gun are in London for the big royal performance. The UK premiere, with Prince William and Kate in attendance, is the reason there was noTop Gunafter-party on the Croisette last night as they all went straight back to London to prepare for this evening’s spectacle. I’ll have more on that tomorrow. For now, one more time with the jets and the fist-pumps:
WATCH: The premiere of#TopGunMaverickat#Cannessaw French fighter jets spraying blue, white and red smoke in honor of Hollywood actor Tom Cruisehttps://t.co/rcoy1iw75bpic.twitter.com/Bq8HizU6vG
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