Tom Cruise: Joyful at The Ivy!

Tom Cruise is all smiles as he steps out of The Ivy restaurant on Saturday evening (September 22) in London, England.

Lee Child, the author of the book Tom‘s upcoming film One Shot is based on, recently talked to Empire magazine about the man bringing his character to life.

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“I had every faith that Tom understood the character,” Lee said. He continues, “And I don’t just mean that he’d read the book, but that he understood the character in the very gut-level way.”