Tom Cruise is taking over the NCIS: Origins set!
The 63-year-old Hollywood icon made a surprise appearance on the set of the hit CBS series on October 15.
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Executive producer David J. North confirmed the news in a post on social media alongside Tom, writing: “As we kick off a new season of Origins, it was awesome to have @tomcruise stop by yesterday to hang out and show so much support to our show and the entire @ncisverse. @ginalucita and I took inspo from the bar in Top Gun when we dreamt up our bar, Daly’s. So we were stoked he approved lol. Thanks for all the advice and the love, Tom.”
In an interview with David and Gina Lucita Monreal, TVInsider asked about the visit.
“It was really, really exciting for us and our crew,” he said.
“He was just incredibly supportive of the show and the franchise and we got to spend quite a bit of time with him both on the sets and took him over to our set for dailies because Gina and I, as I told him, had patterned that bar after the bar in Top Gun and he said, ‘I’m going, I want to see it.’ So, we walked over there, and it was really great.”
He also gave advice to Caleb Foote, who plays Randy.
“Caleb asked him about doing stunts, and Caleb said he stubs his fingers a lot when he does stunts and he wonders how Tom jumps out of planes. And Tom just said, ‘I don’t worry about breaking a nail.’”
CBS also shared a photo from the set during his visit, writing: “A VIP on set! ✨👏 While on the @paramountco lot, Tom Cruise stopped by the set of NCIS: Origins to say hi!”
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