Tom Cruise steals the show at MTV Movie & TV Awards with epic jet pilot acceptance speech.
Tom Cruise won the award for best performance in a movie for "Top Gun: Maverick" at the MTV Movie & TV Awards and made his acceptance speech in a pre-recorded video that showed him piloting a plane. Cruise was indeed piloting the plane himself, a Paramount representative confirmed. "Top Gun: Maverick" was the highest-grossing film of 2022 and stands as Cruise's first movie to reach the billion-dollar milestone. Cruise is known for doing his own stunts and thanked viewers for supporting the blockbuster sequel.