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Chris HardwickandTom Cruiseshared a special moment at Comic-Con.
TheID10T with Chris Hardwickpodcast host, 51, revealed onThe Jennifer Hudson Showthat he had been moderating a panel at the popular convention featuring Cruise, 60, when something big happened.
“I introduce him and he comes out… atSan Diego Comic-Con, and before I could say anything he goes, ‘Hey Chris, you and I have something in common,'” Hardwick said. “‘And I don’t know what to say because I’m like, ‘How doesTom Cruiseknow who I am, what the hell do we have in common?'”
“[Cruise] goes,Rock of Ages,” he told hostJennifer Hudson.
Hardwick explained that he had been in the original production of this show during its L.A. run and played rocker Stacee Jaxx, a character Cruise later portrayed in the 2012 movie version.
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“I remembered like, ‘Oh that’s right, he played this character in theRock of Agesmovie.’ So I’m very rarely at a loss for words, but I can’t wrap my mind around this surreal moment,” he said.
“Then he looks at me and I’m like, ‘I want you to show me!,’ " added Hardwick, breaking into his own rendition of the song’s chorus.
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“ThenTom Cruisegoes, ‘I want to feel what love is,’ and I’m like, ‘I know you can show me,'” Hardwick said as he stood up to perform the song.
The comedian told Hudson that he still can’t believe the duet with Cruise happened to this day.
“I honestly for a second was like, ‘This isn’t real,'” he said. “‘I died on the way to Comic-Con andTom Cruiseworks for heaven.'”
source: people.com
