Tom Cruise has been praised by fans after ditching visual effects to make him appear taller in Top Gun: Maverick.
Camera tricks have been used throughout the 59-year-old's career to make him appear at least the same height as his co-stars in the likes of Mission Impossible and The Last Samurai.
And in a famous promotional shot for the 1986 original Top Gun film, Cruise's 5ft 10ins lover Kelly McGinnis leans on his shoulder in order to make the pair appear the same head height.
After watching the new movie fans took to social media to praise both the 5ft 7ins actor and its production.
One Twitter user commented: "I like how Tom Cruise said f*** it and decided not to do any forced perspective to match anyone's height in Top Gun: Maverick. When you are an actor who flies a jet and stick yourself to a plane for a stunt, how tall you look on the screen is the least of your concern."
Another wrote: "I could tell Tom Cruise was taking Top Gun: Maverick seriously as an actor because he actually plays to his own height through the film versus being contractually taller than everybody."
A third added: "See, I think Tom Cruise has actually always been chilled about his height!"
A fourth said: "Re-watched the original last night and this new one is so much better. A lot of the flying scenes kind of blew my mind. I also loved how they stopped caring about how tall Tom Cruise looks so he's the shortest guy whenever there's wide shots."
The new movie appears to make no attempt to hide Cruise's slight stature, with some scenes clearly showing him looking up to 6ft 1in Miles Teller, who plays Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw's son Bradley 'Rooster'.
Anthony Edwards, who played 'Goose' in the original, stands seven inches taller than Cruise, yet angles used in the film directed by Tony Scott avoid revealing this, however.
Cruise, meanwhile, sparked speculation that he was wearing lifts in his shoes after he appeared almost the same height as Kate Middleton at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere.
The Hollywood star seemed to be very close to the same height as the Duchess of Cambridge, who measures up at 5ft 9.
He is widely believed to wear inserts, which boost his height as he stepped out in suit shoes with a stacked heel.
Inserts are insoles that can be placed inside a shoe to help the wearer gain extra height.
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