Tom Cruise has given Dakota Fanning a birthday gift every year since 2005

Dakota Fanning and Tom Cruise

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Dakota Fanning revealed the one date that Tom Cruise doesn’t forget every year: her birthday!

During a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar with her Ripley Co-star Andrew Scott shared that she received her first mobile phone as a gift from family Top Gun: Maverick a star.

After Scott guessed the correct answer to the question “Who gave Dakota her first cell phone?” Saying, “Well, well, he’d be a Hollywood icon… Tom Cruise,” and Fanning confirmed that the actor gave her a Motorola Razr phone for her 11th birthday while filming the 2005 film. War of the Worlds together.

“Oh my god, I was so excited.” twilight The actress recalled, before noting that she “didn’t have anyone to call or text at the time,” so she wasn’t entirely sure how meaningful the gift would be for her.

“You know, I was 11,” she joked. “But I loved having it. I loved it. It felt amazing.”

The Christmas gifts didn’t stop at the memorable foldable phone either, as Fanning said she still gets gifts from Mission: Impossible the actor.

“Tom sends me a birthday present every year, ever since this birthday.” Equator 3 The actress explained, noting that her most recent arrived on her 30th birthday earlier in April.

Scott proceeded to joke, “Very thoughtful. Really, really sweet. He never gave me a shit.” anything.”

Cruise isn’t the only Hollywood star to give Dakota a gift. Earlier this month, during deer In the magazine’s “Ask Me Anything” video series, Fanning shared it dreamer Co-star Kurt Russell also gave her a horse once.