WATCH: Tom Cruise Jumps Off Roof In Wild, Mission Impossible-Style Stunt To Close Olympics
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Tom Cruise closed out the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday night with a Mission Impossible-style stunt and took the official flag away to Los Angeles – which will host the summer games in 2028.
To conclude the more than two-hour closing ceremony, the actor was tapped for a drop to the stage from the rim of the Stade de France.
The 62-year-old action star made his way down to Olympics athletes and organizers – apparently showing the French his commitment to performing his own stunts.
IT’S A BIRD. IT’S A PLANE. IT’S TOM CRUISE! 🤯#ParisOlympics | #ClosingCeremony pic.twitter.com/5v4j8pOwBF
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 11, 2024
“Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to bring the Olympic flag to Los Angeles.”
Tom Cruise: #Paris2024 #LA28 #ClosingCeremony pic.twitter.com/bLsZJTc0xy
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) August 11, 2024
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was handed the flag for transportation to California.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass takes the Olympic flag, a handover from Paris 2024 to Los Angeles 2028.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 11, 2024
Cruise eventually took the flag and left with it on a motorcycle.
In true Top Gun and Mission: Impossible fashion, Tom Cruise escorts the Olympic flag from Paris to Los Angeles.
Rappelling and motorcycle not included. pic.twitter.com/vz35PqBhtO
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) August 11, 2024
Tom cruise pic.twitter.com/p1szaJ9em2
— Navy (@TomCruiseNavy) August 11, 2024
Cruise posted a selfie of himself above the event and thanked Parisians for their hospitality.
Thank you, Paris! Now off to LA. pic.twitter.com/MxlAb0hZbT
— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) August 11, 2024
Deadline reported of the moment:
“America, let’s go!” bellowed NBC’s Mike Tirico as the leather jacket wearing Cruise landed among the Olympic athletes. “That’s how you do it!” said Jimmy Fallon. Taking the flag from Mayor Bass and G.O.A.T. [Simone Biles], Cruise jumped on a nearby motorbike and cruised out of the stadium. It was then to a pre-recorded video of Cruise leaping out of a plane with a Red Hot Chili Peppers soundtrack to deliver the flag to LA.
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