Tom Cruise has sparked speculation that he was wearing lifts in his shoes after he was nearly the same height as Kate Middleton at the Top Gun premiere.
The Hollywood heavy-weight, who is 5ft 7, was very nearly the same height as the Duchess of Cambridge, who measures up at 5ft 9.
Tom, 59, beamed as he stood beside Kate at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere in London's Leicester Square on Thursday evening.
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.
He gave Kate, 40, a hand as they climbed onto the red carpet staircase, standing shoulder to shoulder.
This isn't the first time that the actor's height has changed, where he has appeared to be the same height as many of his female co-stars who are naturally taller than him and wearing heels too.
Kate was a vision in an off-the-shoulder monochrome gown at the star-studded event.
She wore her long flowing brunette locks in a middle parting and pulled it behind her ears, revealing delicate starburst earrings.
The mum-of-three was joined by her husband, Prince William, who like Tom, wore a black tuxedo.
Cruise, who is famous for doing all of his own stunts, was seen mingling with his co-stars Miles Teller.
He is said to have trained to withstand G-force power and actually flew real fighter jets in the film.
Tom, who plays Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell underwent a full Aviation Survival Training Curriculum before going up in the US Navy F-18.
They started with slower planes before learning about supersonic jets.
The actor had said in many interviews in the lead up to the film's release that he refused to even consider a sequel unless they flew real planes.
He said: "For years, people had said, 'Can't you shoot [the movie] with CGI?' And I always said, 'No. That's not the experience.' I said, 'I need to find the right story. And we're going to need the right team. This movie is like trying to hit a bullet with a bullet. I'm not playing."
Miles, who plays Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, had also said how Tom put the cast through intense training so they were prepared for the film.
"We were all mini Toms making this movie. He put us through... I'll just call it a "Tom Cruise boot camp". We were getting in killer shape," he told Total Film magazine.
The actor is said to have "rekindled" his romance with his Mission: Impossible 7 co-star Hayley Atwell, after the pair split last year.
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While neither of them have confirmed their romance, sources said that the pair "grew close" while they worked on the set of the film.
Hayley attended the premiere, which some believe is a sign that they could have potentially re-coupled.
A source told The Sun: "She's purely there to support him. It's a big step for them."
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