The mystery of the eternal youth of Tom Cruise, in Olympic form in "Top Gun: Maverick"

At the end of April, Tom Cruise launched the promotion of "Top Gun: Maverick" at CinemaCon, the annual meeting of American movie theater owners, in a video where he appeared balanced on a biplane in flight.

Over the years and films, the actor, who always makes it a point of honor to perform his own stunts, even the most perilous, has accustomed us to this kind of spectacular exercise.

Nothing crazy, therefore, except when you realize that in July, he will celebrate his… 60 years.

This has not escaped the most facetious minds of social networks, who have been having fun for a few weeks displaying comparative photos of the actor in the two "Top Guns": 36 years apart, he seems not to have taken a wrinkle.

But how does he do it?

The craziest theories circulate on the Internet: advanced cosmetic surgery, drastic and revolutionary regime imposed by the Church of Scientology of which he is an active member... He swears that he has never resorted to the scalpel, even if he says having undergone an “operation”… go figure.

Miraculous care, organic vegetables?

Tom Cruise has nevertheless aged: at the time of the first “Top Gun”, he displayed a baby face, with a youthful air.

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A medical site specializing in aesthetic embellishments believes that its secret would come from the daily application of a “Geisha Facial”, a miraculous Japanese treatment based on bird excrement to limit cell aging.

It remains to be proven.

More seriously, the actor would feed mainly on organic vegetables and, above all, would spend a significant number of hours every day in the gym in order to maintain his Olympic form.

In reality, Tom Cruise has aged all the same, and that's rather reassuring.

Pranksters who play at comparing photos on the Internet abuse it: in other shots, taken at the time of the first "Top Gun", he displays a baby face, with a youthful air and round cheeks that he has since lost. .

Above all, those who will see "Top Gun: Maverick" from this Wednesday will find that he certainly remains incredibly athletic and that he does not look his age, but that he has acquired a maturity in his face which gives him the charm fifties.

Forties?

Yes, a bit too...