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- Andra Day had a “enjoyable” interplay with Tom Cruise on the 2025 Governors Awards, the place he was an honoree
- Cruise is proof that “you generally is a genius” and a “sort human being,” she advised PEOPLE on the Ralph Lauren Vacation Expertise on Dec. 6
- Day additionally raves about how “delicate and thoughtful” Cruise is
Andra Day is singing Tom Cruise’s praises.
The actress and singer-songwriter, 40, bumped into the Mission: Unimaginable actor, 63, as he was honored at this yr’s Governors Awards in November.
When requested in regards to the encounter at one other Los Angeles occasion — the Ralph Lauren Vacation Expertise — weeks later, Day praised the actor for his kindness and “genius.”
“It was so enjoyable,” she advised PEOPLE amid the vacation festivities on Saturday, Dec. 6. “My goodness. He’s wonderful. My God.”
The Is This Factor On? actress provides that Cruise’s “physique of labor is unimaginable,” however so was “his individual,” which she says shone by way of because the actor navigated the star-studded Governors Awards.
Footage shared by Selection’s Clayton Davis exhibits the pair chatting and posing for group images on the Nov. 16 occasion, held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. At one level, Day additionally got here to Cruise’s rescue after noticing one of many buttons on his shirt had come undone.
Talking with PEOPLE, Day not solely raves about “how delicate and thoughtful he was of everybody within the room,” however says Cruise’s therapy of fellow visitors acted as a “reminder” to herself.
“I am like, wow, what? It is only a reminder. You generally is a genius and be a form human being on the identical time, what I imply?” she says.
“He was nice,” she provides of the High Gun star, echoing that the actors’ interplay “was wonderful.”
Circling again to the film star’s intensive physique of labor, The US vs. Billie Vacation actress tells PEOPLE, “Additionally, I am like, you have been in each film, like even the films the place we did not see you. … You have been in all probability in these motion pictures too.”
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“I used to be joking with my associates, I used to be like, ‘You guys, I feel he was additionally in Woman Sings the Blues. We’re gonna must run it again and see,’” she says of the 1972 movie, earlier than joking that he might have appeared in one more Diana Ross drama. “‘Tom Cruise starring in Mahogany,’” she jokes. “Like, yeah, I am right here for it.”
Would the “Rise Up” singer would collaborate with Cruise on a movie? That’s a no brainer, although she admits she isn’t fairly certain what it will appear like. Day says she can be “100%” all the way down to star in a film alongside the actor. “It higher have some motion,” she provides with fun. “I have to do some kicks and a few flips.”
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On the 2025 Governors Awards, Cruise obtained an Academy Honorary Award alongside honorees Dolly Parton, Debbie Allen and Wynn Thomas. Cruise, who has been nominated on the Oscars 4 instances, used his acceptance speech to acknowledge the entire individuals who make motion pictures and the unifying energy of cinema.
Day, an Oscar-nominated actress herself, congratulated all 4 honorees, together with Cruise, in her Instagram publish documenting the Nov. 16 occasion. “God bless yall,” she wrote within the caption.
The actress stars within the upcoming Bradley Cooper-directed drama Is This Factor On? in addition to season 2 of Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, wherein she performs Athena.
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