Tom Cruise pulled off an epic Hollywood stunt to help close out the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday and officially hand the torch off to Los Angeles, which is set to host the 2028 summer games.
The “Mission: Impossible” star jumped from the top of Stade de France and landed on the stadium field where the official Olympic flag awaited him.
He took the flag from LA Mayor Karen Bass and gold medalist Simone Biles before riding off on a motorcycle through the streets of Paris and boarding a plane near the Eiffel Tower.
Tom Cruise helped close out the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday.REUTERS
The actor descended from the top of Stade de France and landed on the stadium field during Sunday’s closing ceremony in Paris.REUTERS
He accepted the Olympic flag from LA Mayor Karen Bass and gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles during the closing ceremony in Paris Sunday.
A dramatic pre-recorded video then showed the actor — who is known for doing his own stunts in his action-packed films — flying the coveted flag to the US and skydiving to the famed Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.
He then attached the five multicolored Olympic rings to the two Os in “Hollywood.”
“Thank you, Paris! Now off to LA,” the star posted on X.
TMZ reported earlier this month that Cruise, 62, approached the International Olympic Committee about being involved in the closing ceremony.
He then rode off on a motorbike with the Olympic flag attached.
A pre-recorded video then showed the actor flying to the US and skydiving to the famous Hollywood sign.REUTERS
In paparazzi photos and video obtained by TMZ, he could be seen filming part of his grand Olympics stunt video in March in LA — but no one knew what it was for at the time.
The Oscar nominated actor is a longtime fan of the Olympics and even carried the torch in Los Angeles in 2004 to contribute to a ceremonial relay across the world that ended in Athens, Greece, ahead of the official opening of the games.
This year, he was photographed cheering Team USA on at the women’s gymnastics qualifiers on July 28.
“It’s awesome,” he told Reuters. “Great stories, great athletes. It’s incredible what they have to do, the sense of accomplishment.”
The Olympics was filled with famous spectators, including Ariana Grande, Snoop Dogg, John Legend, Lady Gaga, Nick Jonas and more.
Gaga — who introduced her longtime partner Michael Polansky as her “fiancé” while attending a swimming competition — put on a dazzling performance during the controversial opening ceremony with a rendition of French icon Zizi Jeanmaire’s “Mon truc en plumes.”
Celine Dion delivered a moving comeback performance to close out the opening ceremony following a years-long hiatus from the stage due to her battle with stiff person syndrome.
