Tom Cruise helicopter help couple invited to Top Gun premiere
Alison Webb and her partner Neil Jones attended the premiere after Tom Cruise used her back garden to land his helicopter
A chance encounter with a Hollywood star and his helicopter led to a couple turning up at the premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. Star Tom Cruise landed in Alison Webb's Warwickshire garden in August as nearby Coventry Airport was shut. Having come to his aid, Ms Webb said she chanced her luck and asked his people for tickets for the premiere.While she and partner Neil Jones did not get a second chance to talk to Cruise, Ms Webb said they had a "real buzz" walking the red carpet on Thursday.
"We got into Leicester Square, we had tickets for the red carpet - although not the celeb bit - but it was really nice, walking the whole thing," she added.Media caption,The actor was in the country in 2021 filming the latest Mission: Impossible film and at the time
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