Dakota Fanning claims Tom Cruise has given her a birthday gift every year since ‘War of the Worlds’

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 Tom Cruise Has Given Dakota Fanning Birthday Gift Every Year Since 2005
Dakota Fanning has stated that Tom Cruise never forgets her birthday!

During a recent Harper’s Bazaar interview with her Ripley co-star Andrew Scott, the actress revealed that her first mobile phone was a gift from the Top Gun: Maverick star.

After Scott guessed the correct answer to “Who gave Dakota her first cell phone?” saying, “Okay, well it’s going to be some Hollywood icon … Tom Cruise,” Fanning confirmed that the actor gifted her a Motorola Razr for her 11th birthday while they were filming 2005’s War of the Worlds together.

Tom Cruise Gave Dakota Fanning Her First Cell Phone — and Still Sends Her a Birthday  Gift Every Year!

“Oh, my God, I was so excited,” the Twilight actress recalled, before noting that she “didn’t have anybody to call or text at that time,” so she wasn’t exactly sure how useful the present was for her.

Dakota Fanning reveals firsts she gets by Tom Cruise as birthday gifts

“You know, I was 11,” she quipped. “But I loved having it. I loved it. I felt so cool.”

The birthday presents didn’t stop with the memorable flip phone either, as Fanning said she still gets gifts from the Mission: Impossible actor.

Dakota Fanning still gets birthday gifts from 'War of the Worlds' co-star Tom  Cruise

“Tom sends me a birthday gift every year, and has since that birthday,” The Equalizer 3 actress explained, noting that the latest one arrived on her 30th birthday earlier in April.

Scott proceeded to joke, “So thoughtful. Really, really nice. He’s never given me anything.”

Cruise isn’t the only Hollywood star to give Dakota a present. Earlier this month, during Elle magazine’s “Ask Me Anything” video series, Fanning shared that her Dreamer co-star Kurt Russell also gave her a horse once.

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