Wednesday 18 May 2022 10:46 PM Cult of Tom Cruise woos Cannes: Last action hero can still take fans' breath ... trends now

The crowds in Cannes were screaming for Tom Cruise on the Croisette – or should it be the Cruisette – last night as the actor launched Top Gun: Maverick. 

Fans choked the streets around the Palais de Festivals, held back by an unusually large number of police. 

Many had waited for hours in the blazing Riviera sun in the hope of catching a glimpse of the star walking up the fabled red steps. 

Tickets for the premiere – and even the press conference before it – were changing hands for up to 500 euros. 

A host of celebrities made their way along the red carpet before Cruise arrived, looking dapper in a black tuxedo with matching bow tie. 

He made sure to spend ten minutes greeting some of his supporters, signing autographs and posing for selfies.

He walked the red carpet alongside his Top Gun co-star Jennifer Connelly, 51, who wore an off-the-shoulder silver leaf dress.

The pair frequently offered reassuring hands to one another and were pictured gazing into each other’s eyes as they took in the electric atmosphere. 

Miss Connelly is married to fellow actor Paul Bettany with whom she shares two children. 

Cruise was handed an honorary Palme d’Or for his lifetime acting achievements shortly before he headed into the theatre to watch the film. 

The actors were also treated to an incredible fly-past in which eight fighter jets zoomed above the red carpet twice and expelled smoke in blue, white and red. 

The spectacle was no ordinary Cannes appearance but rather an exercise in celebrity clout, carried out by Cruise, 59, who is widely regarded as the world’s last remaining true A-list movie star. 

Film executives hope that he will help to make movies and Cannes relevant again, with Top Gun: Maverick bringing cinemas roaring back after the pandemic closed them all and the

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