Nearly 20 years after Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning starred together in Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller, War of the Worlds, the action superstar still makes sure to keep in touch with his on-screen daughter every year.
“He always sends me something every year,” said Fanning, who celebrated her milestone 30th birthday in February. “He gave me my first cellphone when I was 11 years old. That was my first gift from him and he’s remembered it every year since then.”
In 2005’s War of the Worlds, Cruise, 61, played Ray Ferrier, a divorced father of two who tries to keep his kids safe from a violent alien invasion. Fanning starred as Rachel Ferrier, alongside Justin Chatwin, who played her older brother, Robbie. Fanning was 10 when they shot the project and 11 when the film was released.
According to Fanning, she assumed the sweet gesture would come to an end after so many years, but that hasn’t happened.