Tom Cruise could be set to join the Cotswolds celebrity elite after ‘eyeing up’ mega mansions in the affluent region, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
The Mission: Impossible actor has sent his personal assistant to find a suitable multi-million pound house for him in the wealthy locale that’s home to billionaires, politicians and celebrities including Cruise’s close friends, the Beckhams, the MoS understands.
But locals appear far from enamoured at the prospect of Cruise, 63, becoming the latest well-heeled American to arrive.
Former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres recently moved there, and Beyonce and Jay Z are purchasing a dilapidated barn in the village of Wigginton.
One disgruntled resident of the town of Charlbury said: ‘We call it the American invasion.
Tom Cruise will be yet another American celebrity who won’t integrate in the community.’
Another said the stars ‘don’t speak to us’ – and that they eschew local pubs for more upmarket hostelries such as The Bull in Charlbury.
Steve Jobs’s daughter Eve and Olympian Harry Charles recently hosted a pre-wedding dinner at The Bull, with guests including former US Vice President Kamala Harris.
Tom Cruise could be set to join the Cotswolds celebrity elite after ‘eyeing up’ mega mansions in the affluent region, The Mail on Sunday can reveal
Cruise is currently dating 37-year-old Cuban actress Ana de Armas, who he met last year while filming in Oxfordshire
The current Vice President, JD Vance, caused a stir with Cotswolds locals when he visited the hamlet of Dean with his family in August.
His two-week trip, which prompted road closures, police checkpoints and sniffer dogs, was met with protests from residents telling Vance to ‘go home’ and to ‘Make Charlbury Great Again’.
The Beckhams would no doubt offer their potential Hollywood neighbour a more friendly reception – especially as the Top Gun star was a guest of honour at Sir David’s 50th birthday party dinner at trendy Notting Hill restaurant Core.
The Beckham family live in a converted multi-million farmhouse in Great Tew, not far from swanky members’ club, Soho Farmhouse.
The club was where Cruise celebrated his 60th birthday in 2022 with a glamorous party brimming with celebrities including Gordon Ramsay and James Corden.
But it’s not just the Hollywood set populating this part of the world: Cruise could also be joining the likes of former
Prime Minister Lord Cameron, who lives in Chipping Norton, and journalist and presenter Jeremy Clarkson who runs his farm-cum-pub, The Farmer’s Dog, in Burford.
Cruise already has a £35million penthouse in Knightsbridge, as well as multiple sprawling mansions in Beverly Hills.
He is currently dating 37-year-old Cuban actress Ana de Armas, who he met last year while filming in Oxfordshire.
Though the couple have kept their relationship out of the public eye, they have spent the summer holidaying in Spain and were spotted at an Oasis concert in July.
Cruise was approached for comment.
