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Jennifer Connelly takes her son Kai and husband Paul Bettany to the Top Gun premiere

Jennifer Connelly attended the star-studded world premiere of Top Gun: Maverick with her eldest son Kai Dugan.

The 51-year-old actress who starred as Penny Benjamin in the 1986 original beside Tom Cruise and returns for the sequel was also joined on the red carpet by her husband Paul Bettany, 50.

Jennifer and photographer David Dugan welcomed Kai, now 24, two years before she met her husband Paul on the set of A Beautiful Mind.

The trio arrived on the red carpet on the famous USS Midway aircraft carrier together.

The film is the sequel to Top Gun, and faced two years of setbacks due to the pandemic.

Jennifer glistened in a stunning Louis Vuitton turtleneck gold dress.

Jennifer Connelly with her eldest son Kai Dugan and her husband Paul Bettany (John Salangsang/REX/Shutterstock)

Her jet black hair was parted on the side and flowed over shoulders.

Under her thick brows, she added a smokey eye and a nude lip.

Paul, who is starring in the new Marvel film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse, looked dapper in a white shirt with an open collar.

He added a black suit jacket and a pair of aviator sun glasses.

She shares her son Kai with her former partner David Dugan (Jim Ruymen/UPI/REX/Shutterstock)

The actor reportedly first had a crush on his wife after watching her in Jim Henson's 1986 classic Labyrinth at age 15.

The pair have been married for 19 years and have two children together, Stellan, 18 and Agnes,10.

Paul's 2013 texts he exchanged with Johnny Depp about Amber Heard were read out in court during their defamation trial.

He and the 58-year-old Oscar nominee joked about "drowning" and "burning" the actress to check if she's a "witch".

Jennifer dressed in floor length Louis Vuitton gown (Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock)
She was joined by Tom Cruise on the red carpet (Getty Images for Paramount Pictu)

"It's directly from Monty Python in a sketch about burning witches and drowning witches,' Johnny defended on the stand on April 25.

"This is a film we had all watched when we were 10. It's just irreverent and abstract humour. That's what we were referring to in those texts."

Tom Cruise arrived in style on board a helicopter.

Jennifer plays Penny, who is dating flight instructor Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in the new film.

Her husband's text exchange between him and Johnny Depp about Amber Heard were read out during the court hearing (Getty Images)
Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth in 1986 (Henson Associates, Inc / Lucasfilm Ltd.)

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She and Tom flew a North American P-51 Mustang where they did some "gentle rolls".

"But it was really the most extraordinary experience. He's an incredible pilot and it was pretty magical getting to do that," she told ET on Tuesday.

"It was really fun and, again, just not something that comes up in my daily life, riding a [plane or a] motorcycle with Tom Cruise."

The $152million budget movie is coming to cinemas on May 27 and also features appearances from Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Jon Hamm, and Ed Harris.

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