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Tom Cruise cannot stop talking about his recent reunion with Kate Middleton and Prince William. The actor appeared at the Hollywood premiere of his new film Digger in Los Angeles on Monday, and used the occasion to gush about the royal couple he had spent time with just days earlier at the film’s world premiere in London.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales meeting Cruise and director Alejandro González Iñárritu at the London premiere.
Speaking to Extra on the red carpet, Cruise singled out the Princess of Wales for particular praise. “She’s got a great sense, incredible sense of humor,” Cruise said. “I mean, obviously very intelligent and fun. They’re so charismatic and so elegant; that dress that she was wearing? Stunning, absolutely stunning.” (The actor was referring to Kate’s violet Jenny Packham gown, which she paired with the Queen Mother’s Amethyst Sautoir Necklace.)
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Cruise escorting Kate down the stairs.
Cruise then turned his attention to Prince William. “William did well,” the American actor said with a wink. “Way to go. Smart choice.” Cruise also revealed that the couple had reached out to him after the London screening. “You know, they were shocked and surprised and wrote me later, ‘Can’t stop thinking about the movie,’” he said. “It was really beautiful.”
The comments followed similar praise he offered on the British talk show The Graham Norton Show last week, when he described the couple as “amazing” and “very charismatic” after sitting beside them during the London screening. Held at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square, the glitzy event marked at least the second time Cruise has shared a red carpet at a film premiere with the Prince and Princess of Wales. The three previously appeared together at the UK debut of Top Gun: Maverick back in May 2022.
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