In an interview with the magazine Vanity FairLewis Hamilton confided in his friendship with Tom Cruise. Longtime friends, their relationship has been shaken lately, the fault of the Formula 1 driver. “Actually, I’m a friend of Tom’s. He’s one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. He invited me to his set years ago when he was doing Edge of Tomorrow (released in 2014, editor’s note), and then we built a friendship over time”, began by declaring who is in the top 10 highest paid sportsmen on the planet. But while “Top Gun: Maverick”, the latest blockbuster from Tom Cruise, was in talks, Lewis Hamilton jumped for joy at the idea of getting a role in it. “When I heard the second movie was coming out, I was like, ‘Oh my God, I have to ask him.’ I said, ‘I don’t care about the role. thing, be a cleaner in the background”he confided.
All that for refuse the huge offer of Tom Cruise, still dapper at 59 thanks to a surprising secret of youth, which followed. “I’m a perfectionist. I just didn’t have the time…”, justified the sportsman who refused the role of fighter pilot in the film. At the time of filming, Lewis Hamilton had to prepare for the races. “It was the most upsetting call I think I’ve ever had to make. And I was even more pissed off, very pissed off evenwhen I had to call him back to tell him no, that it was not possible”he then explained.
In view of the success of the film as soon as it was released in theaters, there is no doubt that Tom Cruise forgave him! According to the latest ranking of the highest salaries of movie stars in 2022 from the American magazine variety, Tom Cruise is not to be pitied. Suri’s dad even topped the charts with a $100 million check for his movie “Top Gun: Maverick.” It is said that initially, the actor was to sleep 14 million dollars but that given the success of the action film at the box office, he hit the jackpot.
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