Tom Cruise captivates fans at Cannes Film Festival

Tom Cruise Taking pictures with fans at the Cannes Film Festival – Photo: REUTERS

Entering the second day of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, fans greeted the actor with applause and cheers, while the Patrouille de France performance team of the French Air Force hovered in the air. .

Tom Cruise was present in Cannes (France) to promote the sequel to the long-awaited Maverick Super Pilot. The film was postponed for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, that is not why the film loses its “hotness”. Super Pilot Maverick created considerable buzz for the 75th Cannes.

In a black tuxedo and bow tie, Tom Cruise drew crowds lined up along the red carpet, waiting to be autographed and photographed.

“It’s been a great evening and a great time… getting to know everyone. It’s been 36 years since the first Top Gun movie and we’ve been holding out for years because of the pandemic,” Tom Cruise said. spoke on the stage of the Palais des Festivals event center.

Tom Cruise and the team of Super Pilots Maverick witnessed the performance of the flight crew – Photo: VARIETY

The actor took pictures with actors Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller, and met with festival director Thierry Fremaux.

Some fans have camped out at the festival since breakfast waiting to buy tickets and also… Tom Cruise.

“I have to see him, for sure, one way or another,” said Oriane Holz, 22, holding up a sign looking for movie tickets.

Actors Omar Sy and Alassane Diong of the movie Tirailleurs are competing for the category of Unique Vision taking selfies with guests – Photo: REUTERS

Meanwhile, Katy McNulty, 46, and Joanne Routledge, 52, set out before dawn.

The two woke up at 3 a.m. and traveled from northern England to Scotland, catching a plane from Edinburgh to Nice, then taking the train to Cannes to make it in time for Tom Cruise’s arrival.

Actress Elle Fanning appeared at the Cannes Film Festival – Photo: REUTERS

“We promised our colleagues at home that we would take pictures with Tom. And they told us we wouldn’t,” joked Mrs. Routledge at the male superstar’s overwhelming appeal.

Meanwhile, Stan Hamilton, an American student studying French at Cannes, said: “My father and I watched ‘Top Gun’ when I was little. I wish he could be here with me now.” .

Le otto montagne film crew appeared on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival – Photo: REUTERS

This year, 21 films have been selected to compete for the Palme d’Or, the top prize of the Cannes Film Festival. Outside Super Pilot Maverick by Tom Cruise, film Elvis’ biography by Baz Luhrmann with the participation of two stars Austin Butler and Tom Hanks is also an outstanding work.

King of the horror genre David Cronenberg, won the Palme d’Or in 1996 with Crash – Crash, back to the movie Crimes of the Future – Crimes of the Future. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart and Lea Seydoux.

Fireworks on the second night of the 75th Cannes Film Festival – Photo: REUTERS

Some pictures of Tom Cruise on the red carpet of Cannes 2022