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Ana de Armas is returning the praise to Tom Cruise.

At Tuesday night’s premiere of “Ballerina” at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood, star de Armas said it is “unbelievable” that Cruise made the effort to publicly endorse the film. She also made sure to emphasize that his support of cinema does not begin and end with the “John Wick” spinoff.

“You know what, he supports every movie,” de Armas told Variety‘s Marc Malkin. “He really wants the industry and cinema to do well and [wants] people going to the theaters. We’re working together, so he got to see ‘Ballerina’ and he actually really liked it. He loved the ‘John Wicks.'”

She continued, “It is very special that someone like him is supporting [‘Ballerina’]. It is really special in general to have other actors and people supporting each other. We can do well all together.”

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