Tom Cruise had two circumstances for his participation within the Olympic Video games closing ceremony: that he obtained to do every part himself within the epic secret stunt, and that he took half free of charge.
Web page Six stories that Casey Wasserman, president and chairman of the 2028 Video games in Los Angeles, revealed the extent of Cruise’s involvement throughout a CNBC x Boardroom: Sport Plan panel in Santa Monica.
The newspaper quotes Wasserman describing Cruise’s effort within the stunt, which noticed him descend from the roof in Paris’s Stade France, earlier than receiving the Olympic flag from Simon Biles and LA mayor Karen Bass, driving off on on a bike and ultimately to LA, the place he remodeled the Hollywood signal with the 5 Olympic rings.
Wasserman mentioned of Cruise: “He completed filming Mission: Unattainable at 6pm in London, obtained proper on a aircraft. He landed in LA at 4am and filmed the scene the place he pulls onto a navy aircraft.”
Wasserman mentioned that “each step of the way in which, (Cruise) obtained extra concerned and extra engaged,” and in the end did the pre-taped stunt free of charge.
He mentioned: “We’re like, ‘Effectively, there’s no manner we’re getting this. We’re going to get 4 hours of filming time. We’ll do the factor … with the Hollywood signal, he’ll hand the factor off and he’s finished. Possibly we’ll get the opposite stuff, and the remaining will probably be only a stunt double.’ About 5 minutes into the presentation, (Cruise) goes, ‘I’m in. However I’m solely doing it if I get to do every part.’”
The Olympics closing ceremony provided a mix of French tradition and LA ambiance, culminating in a efficiency from Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg on Lengthy Seaside. The Video games transfer to Los Angeles for 2028.
