Tom Cruise brings Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning to the Cannes Film Festival
US actor Tom Cruise was joined on the red carpet by stars including Hannah Waddingham and Simon Pegg for a screening of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
The 62-year-old sported sunglasses that look similar to those he wore as Maverick in Top Gun (1986) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), as he attended the event for the latest instalment of the US spy film franchise on Wednesday.
Waddingham, who plays Admiral Neely in the movie, joined Pegg who plays field agent Benji Dunn, as well as French actress Pom Klementieff, who plays assassin Paris, and Hayley Atwell, who plays Grace, a former thief turned agent, at the screening.
Actress Angela Bassett, who plays former CIA director Erika Sloane – now the US president in the film – also walked the red carpet.
The film, which is the eighth instalment in the series, follows Cruise's character Ethan as he risks everything to save the world from a rogue artificial intelligence.
Cruise has performed a number of stunts for the film, which have seen him dangle from a helicopter and walk on the wings of a plane.
He was recently honoured with the British Film Institute's most prestigious accolade, a BFI Fellowship, describing the prize as "absolutely extraordinary".
Speaking at the ceremony, Cruise said: "The beauty of this art form is a collaboration and it tests everything we are as artists, as human beings.
"When we finish a film, it's never goodbye, we'll see you again soon, so it's been absolutely extraordinary for me to receive this BFI Fellowship, it's been an extraordinary evening, and I'm very grateful that you are all here.
"I've loved every second, it's an absolute privilege to be on set – people say why don't you take a vacation, but why would I take a vacation from something I absolutely love to do? This is the most fun ever."
Launching with Mission: Impossible in 1996, the franchise has become one of the highest-grossing film series of all time. It is based on the 1966 US TV series of the same name, which follows the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) as they embark on an array of missions to stop crime and thwart hostile forces.
The film saw its world premiere in Japan on 5 May and is due for release in Ireland on 23 May.
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