Three years after flying into the Cannes Film Festival with “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise again kicked up a storm on the Croisette with Wednesday’s premiere of “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning.”

Christopher McQuarrie’s latest “Mission: Impossible” installment was the biggest Hollywood tentpole wading ashore in Cannes this year. It, and Cruise, stirred a frenzy at the French Riviera festival, which again played eager host to the American movie star.

“To be here in Cannes and have these moments; as a kid when we were growing up, I really can’t even dream about something like this happening,” Cruise said, addressing the audience. “I’m very grateful for 30 years to be able to entertain you with this franchise.”

Just his arrival outside the premiere, beamed onto the screen in the Grand Théâtre Lumière, drew a response. When Cruise stepped out of his car, oohs and applause reverberated through the theater. Cruise spent several minutes signing autographs for fans lined up on the Croisette.

Though selfies are frowned upon on the Cannes red carpet, McQuarrie took several of the group, which included Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Angela Bassett and Hannah Waddingham.

physical roles have Hardy ‘all falling to bits now’

Playing characters like Bane in “The Dark Knight Rises” or Max Rockatansky in “Mad Max: Fury Road” has come with a lot of physical ups and downs for actor Tom Hardy. Besides these action-packed movies, Hardy also had his fair share of bumps and bruises working on films like “Venom” and “Warrior.”

During an interview with Esquire U.K., Hardy said his body is kind of falling apart.

“I’ve had two knee surgeries now, my disc’s herniated in my back, I’ve got sciatica as well,” Hardy said. “And I have that … is it plantar fasciitis? Where did that come from? And why? Why?! And I pulled my tendon in my hip as well. It’s like, it’s all falling to bits now, and it’s not going to get better.”

Hardy, 47, has also starred in films like “Inception” and in the popular show “Peaky Blinders.”

Rocker lemmy gets a Statue in UK hometown

Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister was honored and immortalized with a statue during a “Lemmy Forever” ceremony in the late singer’s hometown.

The ceremony, attended by hundreds of music fans, took place in the Burslem town center in Stoke-on-Trent, England, on Friday.

The black, cast bronze statue shows Kilmister standing and singing upward toward a microphone while playing a bass guitar.

— From wire reports