Shoes from Tom Cruise: Dakota Fanning talks about the actor's annual gifts

Dakota Fanning has an impressive shoe collection, for which she can thank... Tom Cruise. The actress was just over 10 years old when their joint film, directed by Steven Spielberg, War of the Worlds, was released in 2005. Moreover, on her 11th birthday, the actor gave Dakota her first mobile phone. "I had no one to call, but I really wanted a Razr (Motorola Razr)," Fanning said while visiting The Kelly Clarkson Show. "I must have talked about it all the time, and he handed it to me. It's such a nice memory."

But Cruise has since taken things to the next level. “He always sends me the same thing every year,” the 30-year-old actress continued with a smile. “I loved shoes when I was a kid, and I started wearing little adult shoes on the War of the Worlds press tour, and I was really fascinated by them. So since that birthday, he’s always sent me shoes.” “Oh, that’s so sweet,” the show’s host, singer Kelly Clarkson, exclaimed after the confession. “But on the other hand, it’s so weird, I love it. You probably have a big shoe collection from Tom Cruise.” It should be noted that Dakota Fanning is not the only one who has been gifted by the action star. In Hollywood, Cruise has a reputation as “Santa Claus.” For example, for many years in a row, he has sent white cakes with coconut and chocolate to friends and colleagues with whom he has worked throughout his long career. The list of recipients includes Tom Hanks, Kirsten Dunst, Hannah Waddingham, Henry Cavill and others. Actress Cobie Smulders, who starred with Tom in the film Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back (2016), told reporters that Cruise sends out “hundreds, if not thousands of cakes” made according to a “decadent” recipe in one of the best pastry shops in California, Doan’s Bakery. He himself said in an interview with The Late Show With James Corden that he often presents desserts when he is training for another action film and cannot eat sweets. Sending out cakes in this way becomes a kind of psychological compensation for him, which, as he also knows, pleases his friends.

As for his work with Dakota Fanning, they played father and daughter in the film War of the Worlds. The film grossed just over $600 million worldwide with a budget of $132 million, becoming the fourth most successful film of that year.