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- Tom Cruise world-premiered 'Digger' at London's Leicester Square on Tuesday night, with Prince William and Kate Middleton attending as the event doubled as this year's Royal Film Performance to benefit The Film and TV Charity.
- Cruise plays wealthy oil tycoon Digger Rockwell in Iñárritu's satirical black comedy, described in the synopsis as 'the most powerful man in the world' racing 'to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he unleashed destroys everything,' opening in theaters Oct. 2 via Warner Bros. Pictures.
- Prince William and Kate Middleton, arriving as the carpet closed, shook hands with cast members Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons before spending roughly 10 minutes chatting with Cruise and Iñárritu and entering the Oden Luxe theater to a trumpet salute of 'God Save the King.'
- Cruise thanked the royals from the stage, telling them: 'We love them and we really appreciate what they do for the arts, for this country and for the world,' and separately called Iñárritu 'one of one,' saying 'to have the opportunity to work with you has been one of the great dreams of mine.'
- At BAFTA headquarters the prior evening, Cruise delivered a talk on filmmaking craftsmanship, arguing of AI: 'People want that experience. They're going to movie theaters. I always believe in humanity.'
Why it matters: The Royal Film Performance gives 'Digger' a prestige platform and charity proceeds for The Film and TV Charity ahead of its Oct. 2 wide release, while Cruise's parallel BAFTA remarks stake out a public pro-craftsmanship, anti-AI position as Hollywood actively debates machine-made cinema.
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