Kenneth calls Tom Cruise an ‘underestimated actor’

Actor-director Kenneth Branagh believes Mission: Impossible star Tom Cruise is more than just a movie star and is often “underestimated” in terms of his acting ability. Branagh, who featured alongside Cruise in the 2008 historical thriller Valkyrie, praised the Hollywood icon for his contribution to cinema with Mission: Impossible and Top Gun film franchises. “If he ever tires of wowing the world with action, he’s going to surprise those who view him as only a movie star. What he’s done with Mission and Top Gun is unique, cinematic entertainment with a serious intent to give you a wonderful time at the movies. But he’s an underestimated actor, for whom a golden age of performance beckons,” Branagh told The Times of London newspaper. (PTI)