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Dakota Fanning Says Tom Cruise Has Given Her a Birthday Gift Every Year Since Working With Him in ‘War of the Worlds’ in 2005

Cruise initially gave Fanning a Motorola Razr for her 11th birthday while filming the 2005 sci-fi thriller together.

During a recent interview for Harper’s Bazaar with her Ripley co-star Andrew Scott, the actress shared that she got her first mobile phone as 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. 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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