The 13 year-old adopted son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman makes his big screen debut on Friday with the movie “Seven Pounds” starring Will Smith (best friend of daddy Tom!).

Tom recently admitted on interview to be very proud of his son Connor but didn’t pressure him to become an actor: “Who knows what he’s going to do? He’s grown up on (acting). I’ve always had my kids there, in hair and makeup, just always around the sets. They’ve worked on sets.”

But don’t think that being the son of famous Tom made it any easier for Connor because it didn’t. Connor did the audition on his own and succeeded!

Tom said driving Connor to his audition for “Seven Pounds” was a “great father-son moment,” but the audition was more difficult. Cruise and the film’s star Will Smith, who are friends, were in the room when director Gabriele Muccino ordered them to leave.

Said Cruise: “(Muccino) looked at me and Will, and Will and I were like, `How’s he doing?’ And the director just said, `Out!’ So we were standing in the hall for about half an hour or something, wondering, `What’s going on in there? What’s happening?’”

We wish him all the best in his new acting career! I’m sure Connor’s debut will beat daddy’s new movie “Valkyrie” next week!! Go Connor!!

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