The duo worked together on the remake of War of the Worlds, an adaptation of the book of the same name by writer HG Wells
In 2005, a remake of War of the Worldsdirected by Steven Spielberg. The work stars Tom Cruisebut the work of the then child actress also stood out in the work Dakota Fanning. The duo played a father and daughter trying to survive amid an alien invasion.
Even though they never worked together again, Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning ended up keeping in touch and became friends. Fanning, by the way, has maintained her acting career to this day.
The bond between the two remains. In fact, with one peculiarity: the actor, since then, always sends gifts to the actress on her birthday — and it’s always kind of the same thing.
In an interview with the singer’s talk show Kelly Clarksontranscribed by VarietyFanning revealed that in 2005, Cruise gave her an object that was very desired by young people at the time. It is worth noting that this is not the object that was repeated in other years. She stated:
I turned 11 on War of the Worlds, when we worked together, and he gave me my first cell phone for my birthday. It was a Motorola Razr. I had no one to call, but I wanted a Razr so badly. I must have talked about it a lot, because that’s what he gave me. That’s a great memory.”
Shoes as a gift on every birthday
Despite her fondness for the cell phone in question, Dakota Fanning has been a declared fan of shoes since she was a child. Tom Cruise also found out about this.
Then comes the gift that repeats itself every year: since then, she always gives her friend a new pair of shoes. In the same interview, the actress said:
He always sends me the same thing every year. I’ve loved shoes since I was little and I started getting really small adult sizes during the War of the Worlds press tour, so I started getting even more excited about having shoes. So from this birthday on, he always sends me shoes.”
The revelation left Kelly Clarkson surprised. The singer and presenter said that this is a nice gesture on the actor’s part.
“This is so sweet. And also so random, I love it. You must have a massive collection of shoes gifted to you by Tom Cruise!”
About War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds is one of the film adaptations (the first was released in 1953) of the book of the same name written by H.G. Wells in the late 19th century. Its plot portrays a father who must protect his children and return them safely to their mother during a large-scale alien invasion.
In addition to Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning, other notable names in the cast include Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins and Justin Chatwinwith narration by Morgan Freeman. In addition to Steven Spielberg directing, the cast for production was Kathleen Kennedycurrent president of Lucasfilm, responsible for the franchise Star Wars.
War of the Worlds was a success: it grossed $603.9 million at the box office, with a budget of $132 million, and received several positive reviews.
Contributed by: Augusto Ikeda.
Source: Rollingstone
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