Tom Cruise brought his daredevil-ish antics to the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday, August 11. The actor, 62, was on hand to pass the Olympic flag over to Los Angeles, where the 2028 summer games will take place. With the help of a cable wire, Cruise jumped from the very top of Stade de France to the arena floor, where he made his way through a mass of athletes before retrieving the Olympic flag from L.
A. mayor Karen Bass and gymnast Simone Biles . Cruise then hopped on a motorcycle and made his way out of the arena with the flag secured on the back.
“Come on now, Maverick,” closing ceremony cohost Jimmy Fallon said, referencing Cruise’s Top Gun character. Once out of the arena, a pre-taped package showed Cruise making his way through the iconic streets of Paris, including the Champs-Élysées, with the action star eventually finding his way to a cargo plane that took him to Los Angeles. After touching down in L.
A., Cruise climbed atop the Hollywood sign and transformed the two letter “O”s on the landmark into the Olympic logo. The Olympic flag was passed off to skateboarder Jagger Eaton , who brought it to Venice Beach where audiences were treated to performances by California natives including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg .
Cruise has been in Europe as of late filming Mission: Impossible 8 . He was previously spotted attending the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in July as well as watching women’s gymnastics and swi.