Tom Cruise relocates to America after five years in the UK befriending royals, partying at Glasto & performing stunts

HE whitethorn person been calved successful upstate New York, but Tom Cruise is an anglophile done and through.

The Hollywood megastar embedded himself successful British civilization by partying astatine Glastonbury, becoming mates with Prince William and eating successful immoderate of our large country’s champion curry houses.

But aft 5 years of delighting his UK fans, Tom is bidding a fond farewell to our shores.

He wrapped filming connected Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning II yesterday and near Longcross studios successful Surrey by chopper aft saying goodbye to his loyal crew.

And insiders said Tom, 62, is present preparing to caput backmost to his location successful the States to walk clip with his household aft fractional a decennary of surviving successful the UK.

A root said: “Tom has made the UK his location for 5 years and helium perfectly loves it here.

“It was his basal for Dead Reckoning 1 and two, and present that he’s done the sequel helium is heading home.

“It’s been a chaotic thrust for Tom and the longer helium has stayed successful the UK, the much helium has fallen successful emotion with the country.

“There is nary uncertainty he’ll beryllium backmost astatine immoderate constituent erstwhile helium greases the wheels for the next Mission: Impossible outing, but Tom is looking guardant to returning to the US to beryllium closer to his lad Connor and his friends.

“The translation has been beauteous unthinkable — England has done him and his wider estimation the satellite of good, and he’s truthful overmuch happier for it.”

Tom’s emotion of Britain goes backmost to the precocious Nineties erstwhile helium moved to London for much than a twelvemonth with his then-wife Nicole Kidman to film Eyes Wide Shut.

‘No apologies’

He returned successful 2019 to make his 2 caller Mission: Impossible films backmost to backmost and made his location successful a duplex flat successful Knightsbridge overlooking Hyde Park.

But arsenic filming began successful February 2020 the pandemic struck, and Tom — shaper of the films arsenic good arsenic the prima — was forced to unopen down the production.

As Hollywood plunged into disarray, Tom and his squad devised a mode to carry connected shooting without breaking Covid rules — and successful doing so, insiders said, helped support the British manufacture alive.

A root said: “His films employed hundreds of British workers, from those successful catering, to cleaners, to the tech guys and costume designers.

“Both his Dead Reckoning films enactment millions into the system — and the British movie manufacture — erstwhile it needed it the most.

“Everyone knows Tom is simply a Hollywood great, but helium besides played a large portion successful keeping our manufacture going erstwhile times were hard.”

He besides ranted to crew astir keeping them harmless successful December 2020 erstwhile they had returned to work.

In leaked audio shared with The Sun, Tom shouted astatine members of the accumulation not to interruption rules due to the fact that helium was truthful hopeless to support going.

He said: “They’re backmost determination successful Hollywood making movies close present due to the fact that of us. We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf***ers.

"That’s it. No apologies. You tin archer it to the radical that are losing their f***ng homes due to the fact that our manufacture is unopen down.

“We are not shutting this f***ing movie down. Is it understood? If I spot it again, you’re f***ing gone.”

Those adjacent to Tom backmost then, and now, said it was his passionateness to support radical successful jobs that led to him shouting. Luckily for him, and them, they listened — and some the films were completed.

As helium settled down to his caller beingness successful London, Tom became a regular connected the capital’s elite circuit and would dine successful posh restaurants specified arsenic Sexy Fish and Annabel’s.

He besides became adjacent to Prince William, and successful March 2022 enactment connected a backstage screening of his Top Gun: Maverick movie for him and his family.

Wills and his wife Kate were joined by Sophie Wessex, and Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, astatine an IMAX cinema disconnected London’s Leicester Square.

It was the commencement of a steadfast relationship for Tom, who past added the royals to his Christmas list.

Later that December, arsenic helium often does for friends, helium flew successful a £38 achromatic cocoa coconut Bundt barroom from Doan’s Bakery successful LA for Wills and Kate.

Last twelvemonth helium besides appeared arsenic his quality Maverick from Top Gun successful a pre-recorded movie astatine the King’s coronation concert, saying arsenic helium flew done the skies: “Your Majesty, you tin beryllium my wingman immoderate time.”

In February this twelvemonth helium attended a fundraising gala for the London Air Ambulance charity with William, wherever the royal joked astir his relationship with Tom.

William said connected stage: “If you wouldn’t caput not borrowing either of the caller helicopters for the adjacent Mission: Impossible, it would beryllium appreciated.

“We person each seen connected our screens that, however tin I enactment it, you look to person a antithetic instrumentality connected ‘normal deterioration and tear’ to the remainder of us.

“It’s not the benignant that buffs out, that’s for sure.”

Tom besides made champion pals with British celebrities including David Beckham and James Corden — who marked Tom’s 60th day with him successful July 2022 with a immense enactment astatine Soho Farmhouse.

James joked astir Tom’s topless Top Gun country — “He pioneered the mode we play volleyball successful pants and nary shirt” — earlier teasing the prima astir his ageless features, adding: “The producers told maine the crippled of the caller Mission: Impossible. The full squad tries to find a wrinkle connected Tom’s face.”

Tom besides became a regular astatine sporting events astatine Wembley Stadium, and this summer was invited into the Royal Box to ticker the tennis astatine Wimbledon.

Fans clamoured to get pictures of Tom arsenic helium sat connected Centre Court alongside stars including chap Hollywood A-lister Hugh Jackman and TV presenter Maya Jama.

Most precocious helium was seen astatine Glastonbury Festival and BST Hyde Park festival.

‘Greatest compliment’

Away from his progressive societal beingness successful London, Tom thrilled fans crossed the UK arsenic helium worked connected the Mission: Impossible films.

He made Birmingham Indian edifice Asha’s famous aft visiting, with the proprietor saying: “Tom ordered our celebrated chickenhearted tikka masala and enjoyed it truthful overmuch that arsenic soon arsenic helium finished, helium ordered it each implicit again — the top compliment.”

He besides made friends successful the Lake District aft stopping astatine the Lovage edifice and had takeaways from Toll Bar Fish and Chips successful the Peak District.

Locals nationwide were besides fortunate capable to witnesser immoderate of his movie stunts archetypal hand.

As good arsenic crashing a monolithic bid into Darlton Quarry successful Stoney Middleton, Derbys, Tom rehearsed a spectacular motorbike leap successful a sleepy Oxfordshire village successful summertime 2021 utilizing a 135-metre ramp which outgo £2million to physique — the astir costly ever for the UK.

The stunt was aboriginal filmed successful 1 instrumentality successful Norway.

Love besides blossomed for Tom successful the UK, and helium grew adjacent to his Mission: Impossible co-star Hayley Atwell and went connected to day Russian socialite Elsina Khayrova.

They spent past twelvemonth enjoying dates successful London, including a trip to tourer hotspot Winter Wonderland, earlier they divided successful February.

Those adjacent to Tom accidental the UK volition ever person a spot successful his heart, and with Dead Reckoning II retired adjacent May, helium volition instrumentality to the UK to commencement enactment connected the adjacent instalment of the enactment franchise.

Tom has made nary concealed of his emotion for our state and said before: “I americium an anglophile.

"I walk a batch of clip successful Britain and that’s not conscionable for enactment reasons. I conscionable emotion being here.”

“Everyone is pleasant and volition springiness you a motion oregon accidental hullo without crowding you.”

You’re ever invited backmost connected our shores, Tom.

As the saying goes, this is not goodbye, it’s spot you later.