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Tom Cruise doesn’t hold back when it comes to his adoration for Janet Jackson.
The ‘Top Gun’ star attended the world premiere of ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ in Rome on Sunday and said he spent his day off last month to see Michael Jackson’s sister live.
“That was a moment, yes, that was my night off. That was my last break,” Cruise told Entertainment Tonight. “I just want to tell you to go see Janet.”
Cruise emphasized that he was excited during Jackson’s performance. “I’m there, yeah, come on! It’s Janet, she’s a legend,” he told the outlet.
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Tom Cruise was impressed with Janet Jackson when he saw her live in May. (Getty Images)
After the May show, Jackson took to Instagram and shared a photo with Cruise, revealing her secret nickname for the actor.
“T, it was so good to see you and nice to spend some time together,” she captioned the post.
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Cruise took aim at the pet name, saying, “Yeah, she calls me T. Look, she can call me whatever she wants. She’s Janet Jackson! She’s a goddess. She’s a goddess.”
Speaking of the success of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, Cruise told the outlet that “it’s unbelievable.”
Janet Jackson revealed her nickname for Tom Cruise on Instagram last month. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
“I pinch myself every day. I don’t take anything for granted,” he added.
“I remember when I was 18 years old, making ‘Taps,’ and I remember when I was four years old and I thought I wanted to make movies, and I want to travel the world, and now we’re here in Rome,” he continued. “It’s something I’m constantly in the mood for, ‘This is so out of the body’ and ‘What’s happening? This is wild’… I just feel very privileged.”
In May, Cruise’s co-star, Vanessa Kirby, shared details about how the star has “no fear” when filming his own stunts.
Vanessa Kirby shared that Tom Cruise has “no fear” when filming his own stunts. (Photo by David M. Benett/WireImage)
Kirby, who stars as White Widow in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” recalled jumping Cruise off a motorcycle by parachute while descending a cliff in Iceland.
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“He did it many times in one day,” Kirby told Variety at the time. “He did it sequentially… and repeatedly so he could capture all the different angles and sides of it.”
If Cruise ever gets nervous, he certainly doesn’t show it.
“He was so calm,” the actress recalls. “He wasn’t scared. He just found it exciting. That kind of belief in cinema and what you can achieve and his passion for it is so inspiring. He sort of believes he can do the impossible and then he does… I think I’m thrilled to be a part of the franchise. I’m very excited to come back.”
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The seventh installment in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise debuts in theaters on July 14.
Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.
