Hollywood actor and star of Top Gun and Vanilla Sky, Tom Cruise, will appear on this Sunday’s episode of Top Gear, it has been announced.

However the good news doesn’t end there, as keeping him company when he takes to the race track to appear in the show’s segment, “the star in the reasonably priced car” will be the co-star of his new movie, Cameron Diaz.

The blonde actress and star of Charlie’s Angels will also get behind the wheel of a Kia cee’d to burn some rubber on the race track. The two Hollywood A-listers will compete against each other to see who can bag the fastest lap on the race circuit.

A fellow actor, Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint, is currently in pole position on the show’s leader board having completed the fastest lap of the series. But will he be nudged into second position by either Cameron or Tom? We’ll just have to wait and see…

In a statement released by the Top Gear show, the team reveal their excitement at the news that both Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise will appear on the programme saying: “For the past week, the air in the office had been alive with a sort of sweaty-palmed excitement.”

The Hollywood actors are in the UK to promote the release of their brand new film, Knight and Day, in which they star opposite each other. The movie is due to gets its official UK premiere in London’s Leicester Square this week.

Andrew Lloyd is the Editor here at Cars for Stars News and oversees all of the editorial content on the website. Having worked in a variety of print publications focused principally on motoring news, Andrew brings a wealth of experience to the role of Editor.

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