Hollywood legend Tom Cruise almost accidentally ended up in Rishi Sunak‘s car after a mix-up at a heliport in London.
The Top Gun actor could be seen waving to adoring fans as he strode out onto the car park at London Heliport in Battersea.
Cruise, wearing a light grey polo and black trousers, attempts to yank open the door of the black Audi before realising it is the wrong vehicle.
The film icon, who has been spending time in London filming the latest instalment of the Mission Impossible series, then walks awkwardly over to the correct car while one of his entourage ushers him in.
Later on, Mr Sunak was spotted leaving the heliport and getting in the same vehicle Cruise had darted towards before.
Tom Cruise pictured accidentally attempting to get into Rishi Sunak’s Audi. The Hollywood legend almost ended up in Mr Sunak’s car after a mix-up at a heliport in London
The Top Gun actor could be seen waving to adoring fans as he strode out onto the car park at London Heliport in Battersea. Cruise, wearing a light grey polo and black trousers, attempted to yank open the door of the black Audi before realising it was the wrong vehicle
The film icon (pictured on May 3 in London) has been spending time in the capital filming the latest instalment of the Mission Impossible series
Mr Sunak pictured in Honiton, Devon, on May 29. The comical incident appears to have taken place last Wednesday as Mr Sunak arrived back in the capital after a campaign trip to Cornwall and Devon
Unlike the Hollywood icon, the Prime Minister makes no mistake and finds the correct car, while an aide holds the door open for him.
Wearing a white shirt underneath a black quarter zip sweater, while carrying a rucksack, the leader of the Tory party jumps into the backseat of the Audi while his assistants pack the car.
The comical incident appears to have taken place last Wednesday as Mr Sunak arrived back in the capital after a campaign trip to Cornwall and Devon.
The Prime Minister had taken the sleeper train to the southwest, arriving in Penzance on Wednesday morning.
He then returned to London by helicopter later that evening, arriving at the heliport in Battersea.
Number Ten declined to comment on the encounter.
As for Cruise, the Golden Globe winning actor, 61, has been shooting the eight film in the Mission Impossible franchise in the capital recently.
Last month he was seen good spirits as he touched down in London after flying himself there in his helicopter.
The Prime Minister pictured later on getting into the vehicle seemingly unaware that Cruise had previously tried to jump in
Unlike the Hollywood icon, the Prime Minister makes no mistake and finds the correct car, while an aide holds the door open for him
Cruise, who has had his pilot’s licence since 1994 and owns several aircrafts, was seen at the helm as he landed at Battersea Helipad alongside a secondary pilot.
He had flown from Longcross studios where he is filming Mission Impossible eight which will see him return as agent Ethan Hunt.
The seventh film, Dead Reckoning Part One came out last year, but production on the second instalment, was hit with delays due to the Hollywood writers’ strike.
It is not the only UK location where the American star has been spotted.
In March he was seen filming in Derbyshire along with co-stars Simon Pegg and Hayley Atwell.
The Mission: Impossible film series, beginning in 1996, is based on a 1966 television series of the same name.
Along with the action franchise, Tom is flying back into action for a new Top Gun sequel after the massive box office success of Maverick, which grossed nearly $1.5billion.
The Prime Minister (pictured, getting onto a train in London) had taken the sleeper train to the southwest, arriving in Penzance on Wednesday morning
Tom was seen at the helm as he landed at London’s Battersea Helipad alongside a secondary pilot in early May
Tom will return as Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, and Paramount, which will be producing again, is hoping to reunite him with his recent costars Miles Teller and Glen Powell.
The news that Tom is back in business with Paramount — where he has released many of his recent films — comes after he signed up for a deal with Warner Bros. to produce and develop new films for that studio, including movies he’ll star in.
According to Puck News, Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger is writing a script for the third entry in the series.