India, May 1 -- Tom Cruise may be "the last great movie star" who saved the industry multiple times, but according to Kenneth Branagh, there's far more to the Hollywood icon than just action and charisma. He is "an underestimated actor", and the Hercule Poirot actor wonders why everyone views him as only a movie star.

For Branagh, reducing Cruise to a "movie star" sells him short.

As Cruise prepares to receive the BFI Fellowship-British Film Institute's most prestigious honor-his Valkyrie co-star is calling on the world to give the actor his due.

"If he ever tires of wowing the world with action, he's going to surprise those who view him as only a movie star," Branagh told The Times of London in their 'Why Tom Cruise is a very British ...