The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge have reportedly treated to the ultimate date night thanks to
Hollywood royalty, Tom Cruise!
The royal couple enjoyed a
private screening of the hugely anticipated Top Gun sequel at an IMAX
cinema in London’s bustling Leicester Square.
It was reported that leading
man Tom organized the whole thing after learning Prince William, a trained
RAF helicopter pilot, was a huge fan of the original movie.
Both William and his wife Kate
experienced the action thriller – ahead of its debut at Cannes Film Festival
next month – with some of their family and close friends including the Countess
of Wessex, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
The first Top Gun movie
was released in 1986, in which Tom stars as the iconic pilot Pete ‘Maverick’
Mitchell at the US Navy’s elite fighter weapons school.
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Prince William and Kate enjoyed a secret London outing
The upcoming film was
originally scheduled to be released in 2019, however, it was delayed so
producers could improve the flying sequences. Then shortly afterward, the
pandemic caused further disruption to the schedule.
It seems the royal couple and
blockbuster star Tom may have formed a friendship after they were spotted
sitting near one another at Wembley Stadium for the Euro 2020 in July.
At the time, Tom, 59, had been
shooting in London for his latest film, Mission: Impossible 7, and had
quite the weekend, attending both Wimbledon finals, along with the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, as well as the Euro 2020 final.
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Tom at the Euro 2020 final in Wembley
The actor is no stranger to
royalty, having met the late Duke of Edinburgh at a Buckingham Palace dinner to
mark the 75th anniversary of the Outward Bound Trust in 2017. Tom even attended
Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997 along with his then-wife, Nicole Kidman, and
American film director, Steven Spielberg.
