ALDEN Richards could not seem to contain his excitement as he met, hugged and even engaged in a conversation with Hollywood star Tom Cruise in South Korea.
The Filipino actor was able to meet face to face with Cruise during the Seoul red-carpet premiere of the latter’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” on Thursday, May 8.
Richards and Cruise shook hands while the former was saying something, with the latter even initiating the hug.
“Ethan meets Ethan… I have no words!” Richards captioned a video of their encounter.
Richards is referring to their popular characters — his being Ethan Del Rosario from “Hello, Love, Goodbye” and “Hello, Love, Again,” and Cruise’s role as Ethan Hunt in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise.
During the star-studded event, Richards also met other cast members Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff and Greg Tarzan Davis, as well as director Christopher McQuarrie.
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” is set to premiere in Philippine theaters on May 17.
Meanwhile, Richards and his “Hello, Love, Again” co-star Kathryn Bernardo were earlier given the box-office king and queen title by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of the Philippines, a group of cinema owners and operators in the country.
The recognition was in relation to the success of their movie, which became the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time at a record P1.6 billion worldwide. (Anne Pasajol © Philippine Daily Inquirer)
