He said he was trying to alert the public about the old fake news-making technology that has improved so much. Ume was not trying to impress his skill in video manipulation. The TikTok page of Tom also uses the hashtag “deeptomcruise” as a reminder that the person in the videos is a product of deepfake technology.ĭeepfake refers to synthetic digital content, that is, “image or video in which one person or object is visually or audibly manipulated to say and do something that is fabricated,” according to NBC News. More intriguing is that he is not actually the one in the posted videos but a “double” with a voice made similar to Tom Cruise’s by artificial intelligence.īelgian visual effects artist Chris Ume, 31, created the videos using impersonator Miles Fisher, who looks like the Hollywood icon as he appeared in his ’80s film Risky Business. That’s because the TikTok page is not his. Tom Cruise is not trying to fool the public by appearing 20 years younger in the videos. After all, he remains young-looking and good-looking in the videos at age 58. Not bad for a TikTok start featuring only four posts. TikTok’s Tom also amassed nearly half a million followers. In a sign of big welcome from fans, the last post dated 23 February received more than 1.1 million “hearts” or views and likes. In TikTok, the Tom Cruise page has 22,200 followers despite having no posts.Ī new TikTok account named Tom recently emerged with video posts showing him chewing a lollipop, doing a coin magic trick, falling down after tripping, and swinging a golf club. The number of followers is also few for someone who should be followed by multimillions of netizens worldwide.Īn Instagram account of the Mission Impossible star followed by 5.4 million fans seems legitimate with its not-so-outdated posts last year showing him watching the premier of the movie Tenet and a teaser of Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to the 1986 movie that propelled him to stardom.Ī Twitter account mirroring his IG account’s posts has only 6.7 million followers. There are no photos nor videos of personal activities.

Some purported Facebook accounts of Cruise are not really his because they are not updated and only shows his movie trailers. He remains famous through his movies despite lacking social media presence. Actor Tom Cruise is a mix of popularity and mystery.

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