Tom Cruise makes surprising comments about Brad Pitt after being labeled 'last movie star'

Tom Cruise had a surprising reaction to being called the 'last movie star' as he brought up longtime pal Brad Pitt.The 64-year-old A-lister - who stripped off for a smoldering shoot - opened up about his career in a rare interview with GQ published on Tuesday. Cruise sat down for an extensive interview with the publication's Zach Baron who labeled him the 'last movie star.'However, the Top Gun actor pushed back on the characterization as he shed light on other current day performers including 62-year-old Pitt.Cruise said: 'There’s really talented actors. Do you know what I’m saying? Like, Brad Pitt is a great actor, great star, great charisma and there’s many, many, many'I’m on the set with great craftsmen as a young kid and it’s not just 1981 where they’re there... it’s generational, so as you’re making movies, you’re learning from other people, and then you’re making it your own, but you’re learning it is a skill making films.' Tom Cruise had a surprising reaction to being called the 'last movie star' as he brought up longtime pal Brad Pitt (the two are seen in London back in June 2025)The only film that the two A-listers have ever worked together on the big screen was for 1994's Interview with the Vampire.Cruise played a French vampire who brings Louis on his misadventures, Lestat de Lioncourt, while Pitt portrayed Louis de Pointe du Lac, an 18th-century drunkard whom Lestat sired.The Mission: Impossible actor has supported his pal throughout the years as he famously joined him on the red carpet of the F1 premiere in London back in June 2025. Another commonality that the two A-listers share is their children dropping their famous last names. In July, Cruise and Katie Holmes's daughter Suri legally dropped her estranged father's last name.The 20-year-old college student changed her name from Suri Cruise to Suri Noelle, taking her mother's middle name as her surname.Suri registered to vote in Pennsylvania - where she attends Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh - in October 2024, using the name Suri Noelle, according to the voter registration records obtained by The Daily Mail. Pennsylvania residents are required to register to vote using their legal name. The 64-year-old A-lister - who stripped off for a smoldering shoot - opened up about his career in a rare interview with GQ published on Tuesday In the interview, Cruise was labeled the 'last movie star' but the Top Gun actor pushed back and he shed light on other current day performers including Pitt (pictured November 1994) The only film that the two A-listers have ever worked together on the big screen was for 1994's Interview with the Vampire Pitt, Nicole Kidman, and Cruise aer seen together in 1998Suri registered in Allegheny County, though she did not file a name change request there, suggesting she may have done it in New York before she left for college, according to Page Six, who was first to report the news.The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Cruise and Holmes for comment at the time. Cruise has reportedly been completely estranged from his daughter for years following his 2012 divorce from Holmes, 47, and her decision to cut ties with Scientology. Suri is following in the footsteps of his pal Pitt and Angelina Jolie's children, five of whom have also filed to drop their famous father's last name amid an ongoing estrangement. Before moving to Pennsylvania, Suri lived with her mother - who's currently romancing artist Jason Bard Yarmosky, 39 - in New York, where name change records are typically sealed to protect privacy.While the exact date of her legal name change remains unclear, Suri has been using the moniker Noelle publicly for several years. She previously used the name for her high school graduation in June 2024.Suri also opted not to use her dad's last name on the casting sheet of her senior year high school play The Addams Family: A New Musical, according to a report from Yahoo. In July, Cruise and Katie Holmes's daughter Suri legally dropped her estranged father's last name; Holmes and Suri pictured in 2025 Holmes married Cruise in 2006 before filing for divorce in 2012. Since then she has had custody of Suri, who has reportedly not had a relationship with her father since 2013; He is seen with Suri in 2010 Holmes married Cruise in 2006 before filing for divorce in 2012.Since then she has had custody of Suri, who has reportedly not had a relationship with her father since 2013.Suri has spent years living in the shadow of frenzied speculation over her infamously fractured relationship with her famous father.Meanwhile, Pitt's son Maddox is his latest child to drop the actor's last name.Maddox, 25, has legally removed Pitt from his moniker, following in the footsteps of his younger sibling Shiloh, 20. Meanwhile, Zahara, 21, and fraternal twins Vivienne and Knox, 18, have informally stopped using their dad's surname, with plans to legalize the change.A Los Angeles judge granted the name change on Monday, officially making their son's name Maddox Chivan Jolie, per Page Six.'There are no objections, the petition for change of name is granted,' the court order reviewed by the outlet states. 'The Decree is signed and filed. The Petitioner’s name is changed from Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt to Maddox Chivan Jolie.' Pitt and Angelina Jolie's son Maddox is their latest child to drop the actor's last name; pictured in April 2023 Maddox pictured with parents Jolie and Pitt in November 2013 The family of eight pictured traveling at Haneda International Airport in 2011Maddox attended the Stanley Mosk Courthouse hearing remotely, alongside attorney Peter Levine.Earlier this year, Maddox and Zahara published legal notices in the Los Angeles Daily Journal declaring their intent to drop their father's last name.Zahara has a scheduled name change hearing on September 28.In July 2024, Shiloh's attorney made a statement about her decision to drop her 62-year-old dad's last name.She filed for the change on her birthday in May, and it was publicly announced with a legal notice in the Los Angeles Times.Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston from 2000-2005. He famously moved on with Jolie, now 51, his Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star. They split in 2016 following a 12-year relationship and two-year marriage, with their divorce finalized eight years later in December 2024.