Tom Cruise was last at Cannes in 2022, when the film festival gave him an honorary Palme d’Or and, in return, got one of the last bona fide Hollywood stars to grace their red carpet as he launched “Top Gun: Maverick.”

Cast member Tom Cruise poses during a photocall for the film "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" Out of competition at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France,. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier CANNES,

Tom Cruise's global game of promotional hopscotch planted him in Cannes this week, where he will unveil "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning" following stops in Japan, Korea and London. Brooding closeups of the star's dirt-and-blood caked face have peppered the Croisette on 4K LED screens and the premiere promises to be one this year's