Royals Reunite With Tom Cruise at 'Digger' London Premiere — SkimNews
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- Prince William and Catherine attended the Tuesday gala screening of "Digger" in Leicester Square, where Tom Cruise greeted Catherine by taking her hand and chatted with the couple on a black carpet.
- Cruise complimented William's black velvet jacket as "great" and has known the royals for years, having attended Princess Diana's funeral in 1997.
- Catherine wore Princess Diana's pearl drop earrings and the late Queen Mother's amethyst sautoir necklace, paired with a purple, floor-length Jenny Packham dress.
- David Beckham attended the premiere with his sons Cruz and Romeo alongside other celebrity guests.
- "Digger" stars Cruise as a grey-haired oil baron cleaning up an environmental mess, directed by Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu.
- Early social media reactions were mixed: IndieWire's Anne Thompson called it "a brave and gorgeous art film that will not score with mainstream audiences but will play best for the Academy," while Awards Radar's Joey Magidson labeled it "a mess" and "wasn't enjoyable."
- The film will be released in the UK and US on 2 October.
Why it matters: The appearance revives a longstanding Cruise-British royal connection dating to Diana's 1997 funeral, and gives Iñárritu's drama a high-profile global rollout ahead of its 2 October release — even as early critical reactions are split between awards-friendly praise and outright pans.
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