Bonded for life! While celebrating Top Gun: Maverick‘s success at the 2023 Oscars, Jay Ellis reflected on the time he got to spend with costar Tom Cruise.“He’s too kind. [Actually] not kind enough.
Tom, sorry, you can give me more,” Ellis, 41, joked exclusively with Us Weekly at the Academy Awards on Sunday, March 13. “He’s really kind.
He’s very gracious with his time, which I think is one of the most amazing things.”The Insecure alum continued: “If you text him, he’s like, ‘I’m gonna call you.’ Like, he will call you and speak to you for 30 [to] 50 minutes about a text and go through all these different things and scenarios.
He’s just amazing [as] a mentor, a friend, a filmmaker, an acting coach, all of the above.”Ellis, who starred alongside Cruise, 60, in the 2022 sequel to the 1986 action-drama film, noted that it was a dream come true project.“I’ve seen every single Tom Cruise movie.
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