Tom Cruise special guest at the London screening of “A Complete Unknown”: the iconic meeting with Timothée Chalamet

There is great excitement around the release of the biopic “A Complete Unknown”, which will tell the story of the life and brilliant career of Bob Dylan, played by Timothée Chalamet, on the big screen. As he said in several interviews, the actor gave his all to bring the American singer-songwriter’s journey to the big screen: he studied his life, learned to sing and immersed himself so deeply in the role that he paid homage to it even outside of the set. This weekend, in fact, on the occasion of the film’s New York premiere, he recreated the famous look sported by the singer at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

If he was the one who surprised the audience in New York, during the London screening on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, it was someone else who left them speechless. This is not just any person, but Tom Cruise, who showed up unexpectedly at the Ham Yard Hotel in London, venue of the event. The two shook hands and posed for some photos that immediately became iconic: it was not just a meeting between two actors, but between two generations of talents who, in different ways, continue to fascinate the general public.

It is not the first time that Tom shows his support for the young actor: already last year, in an interview with GQ Magazine, Timothée confessed to having received a “wonderfully stimulating” email from Tom Cruise at the end of filming of “Dune”. The “Mission: Impossible” actor knows well what it means to star in an action film, where multiple physical abilities are required: for this reason he had written to him to offer him useful advice. That email had surprised Timothée, but his presence at the screening of his latest film exceeded all expectations. Many have interpreted Tom Cruise’s gesture as a symbolic passing of the baton, a tangible sign of the esteem that the “Mission: Impossible” actor feels towards the young actor.

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