Tom Cruise appears on Run Jin: top highlights of his episode with BTS member

Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise surprised fans after he appeared on the show of BTS member Jin. During a promotional visit to South Korea for his film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Cruise met with Jin to shoot an episode for the K-pop singer’s variety series, Run Jin, which recently aired on BTS’ official YouTube channel.

The episode was a crossover no one could have predicted. From Jin video calling his family to introduce Tom Cruise to humorous jokes between the two stars, here’s a look at the top highlights of the episode.

Tom Cruise and Jin’s fun moments on Run Jin

Cruise appeared in Run Jin’s fifth episode, titled Mission Jin-possible. At the beginning of the interview, Jin asked Cruise whether he knew BTS, to which Cruise answered, “Everyone knows BTS!” and congratulated Jin for his successful career. The Top Gun actor went on to talk about the legacy and the extraordinary work of BTS.

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Hearing the compliments, Jin looked at the camera, hoping the rest of the members were watching. Cruise also seemed to know about Jin’s interests and skills, explaining that he had seen Jin do gymnastics in his videos. “I know you can run up the building and up the floors,” Cruise told the K-pop idol.

Jin introduces Tom Cruise to his family

During the show, Jin introduced the Oblivion actor to his family via video call, where the Hollywood icon greeted everyone with a warm smile. During a conversation, Cruise declared that Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning was not just his movie. “It’s our movie. Just like it’s our band, or it’s our group,” he explained.




The end of the episode featured the most hilarious moment. As Tom Cruise bid goodbye to Jin, he said he looked forward to meeting him, adding humorously, “We usually go to work in a helicopter,” to which Jin instantly declined, saying he would rather not see Cruise in the air. The Mission: Impossible star agreed and jokingly proposed to meet “on the ground, 250 miles an hour.”

Fans react to Tom Cruise’s appearance on Run Jin

Social media was buzzing after the episode aired, with fans all over the world reacting to the heartwarming episode. One fan wrote, “Tom Cruise is so sweet for this, and I’m so happy that he joined the show.” Another commented, “Tom Cruise praising Jin and BTS? That’s a global icon recognising global legends.” Someone else wrote, “Love how Tom made eye contact and spoke with kind words.”

About Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible franchise

The eighth and final part of the Mission: Impossible franchise will hit theatres in the US on May 23. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning follows Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt) as he attempts to stop a rogue artificial intelligence model, called The Entity, from igniting a global catastrophe. The film also features Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff, Vanessa Kirby and Shea Whigham.