Tom Cruise paid a surprise visit to Timothee Chalamet at the screening of his upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, in London on Tuesday.
The Mission: Impossible star, 62, joined boyfriend Kylie Jenner, 28, at the Ham Yard Hotel for the UK Awards presentation of Searchlight Pictures’ new film about the legendary singer-songwriter.
Cruise, who previously wrote Chalamet an ‘inspirational email’, was present at the event and was photographed posing with the young leading man.
The Hollywood legend shook Chalamet’s hand and then pointed to him like a proud mentor, while putting an arm around his shoulder.
The action superstar showed off his effortless style in a navy shirt, blue jeans and black boots.
Meanwhile, the Dune actor, who plays Dylan in the film, sported a long-sleeved striped shirt, black jeans and a mustache.
Tom Cruise, 62, paid a surprise visit to Timothee Chalamet, 28, at the screening of his upcoming Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, in London on Tuesday.
The duo also posed for group photos with the rest of the cast, including Monica Barbaro, Elle Fanning and director James Mangold.
While at the event, Fanning, who plays Sylvie Russo, looked stylish in a black jacket, leggings and knee-high boots.
Meanwhile, Barbaro looked dapper in a gray pantsuit and white top.
Cruise has been a supporter of Chalamet’s rise to fame, and even once wrote him an “inspirational” email that was “like a rallying cry.”
Last year Chalamet revealed the advice the Hollywood icon gave him, while appearing on the cover of the British magazine GQ MagazineNovember number.
The actor shared that the Top Gun star sent him a “wonderfully inspiring” message with a list of experts he could use for stunt training.
Chalamet added that Cruise, famous for doing his own stunts in movies, told him it was “up to him” to learn those skills to continue advancing in his career.
He said, “After I met Tom Cruise, right after finishing the first Dune, he sent me a wonderfully inspiring email,” adding that it included a sort of Rolodex with all the experts you could need for stunt training, including a motorcycle trainer and helicopter trainer.
The Mission: Impossible star joined Kylie Jenner’s boyfriend at the Ham Yard Hotel for the UK Awards presentation of Searchlight Pictures’ new film about the legendary singer.
Cruise, who earlier wrote the young actor an ‘inspirational email,’ shook Chalamet’s hand and then pointed to him as a proud mentor, while putting an arm around his shoulder.
They also posed for group photos with the rest of the cast, including Monica Barbaro, Elle Fanning and director James Mangold; (From left to right) Greg Tarzan Davis, Chalamet, Cruise, Barbaro, Mangold and Fanning
While at the event, Fanning, who plays Sylvie Russo, looked stylish in a black jacket, leggings and knee-high boots.
Cruise also met Bárbaro
Barbaro looked chic and elegant in a gray pantsuit and a white top.
Cruise, Barbaro and Davis happily posed for photographers.
A Complete Unknown focuses on Dylan’s early career, his transition from folk to rock, and his iconic performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
Tom hugged the director warmly.
A Complete Unknown will hit theaters on Christmas Day
Chalamet’s performance as Dylan has been called “electrifying” by critics; He is seen in a still image from the film
“He basically said that in Old Hollywood you would get dance training and fight training, and no one is going to hold you to that standard today. So it’s up to you. The email was really like a rallying cry,” Chalamet added.
Chalamet went on to reveal his admiration for Cruise, sharing that he went to see Tom’s critically acclaimed sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, eight times.
He also said that he even rented a cinema in Budapest and took the entire cast and crew of Dune to see it.
“Top Gun was a big inspiration to me last summer when we were making Dune. “Some of the crew made fun of me going, but I thought it was one of the best movies I’ve ever seen,” the star added.
Chalamet’s latest performance as Dylan has been called “electrifying” by critics.
The Oscar nominee, who had no contact with the Like A Rolling Stone hitmaker, 83, before playing him, has been praised for saving the film, despite its flaws.
The film focuses on Dylan’s early career, his transition from folk to rock, and his iconic performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
The Daily Mail’s Brian Viner said: “Director and co-writer Mangold has created an absorbing film, focusing on those crucial few years between Dylan’s arrival in New York City in 1961 as an anonymous teenage troubadour from Minnesota.” .
Cruise has been an advocate of Chalamet’s rise to fame, and even once wrote him a “wonderfully inspiring” email that was “like a rallying cry”; Cruise seen in 2023
After Chalamet wrapped the first installment of Dune, which came out in 2021, Cruise messaged him with a list of stunt training experts and told him that it was “up to him” to learn those skills to further progress in his career; seen in a still image from Dune
He then continues: “But A Complete Unknown is a triumph, nonetheless, and entertainingly reminds us that, love him or hate him, Dylan remains one of the most influential musicians of the last 70 years.” And that 28-year-old Chalamet is much more than a pretty face.
“It has many similar strengths (like Walk the Line) but different weaknesses, although Timothée Chalamet’s electrifying – in every sense – performance is not among the latter,” wrote David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter.
Rooney added that “neither the film nor the actor sugarcoats the aggressiveness of a creative genius whose callousness toward those close to him often contrasts starkly with the humanity of his songs.”
A Complete Unknown will hit theaters on Christmas Day.