May 01, 2025 08:05 AM IST Tom Cruise is celebrated by Kenneth Branagh as an underestimated actor, not just a movie star. Tom Cruise may be “the last great movie star” who saved the industry multiple times, but according to Kenneth Branagh, there’s far more to the Hollywood icon than just action and charisma. He is “an underestimated actor”, and the Hercule Poirot actor wonders why everyone views him as only a movie star. Kenneth Branagh defends Tom Cruise against being labeled merely a movie star, acknowledging his depth as an actor. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP)(AFP) For Branagh, reducing Cruise to a “movie star” sells him short. As Cruise prepares to receive the BFI Fellowship—British Film Institute’s most prestigious honor—his Valkyrie co-star is calling on the world to give the actor his due. ALSO READ| Michael B Jordan thanks Tom Cruise for ‘ all the love and support’ after latter urges audience to watch Sinners Cruise is ‘an underestimated actor?’ Branagh thinks so “If he ever tires of wowing the world with action, …