Tom Cruise is reportedly set to play a role in the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
At the event on August 11, the Olympic flag will be handed over from Paris to Los Angeles, the next host of the Games in 2028.
TMZ reports that Cruise, one of Hollywood’s most famous stars, will be coming for the flag exchange – literally.
According to the point of sale Mission: Impossible The star plans to abseil from the roof of the Stade de France, land on the stadium field and carry the Olympic flag.
While details of the closing ceremony are being kept top secret, it is known that LA Mayor Karen Bass will receive the Olympic flag from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo during the televised spectacle.
“Expect a big Hollywood production,” Deadline reported, citing its own source.
TMZ adds that Cruise reportedly filmed a segment for the closing ceremony back in March, which will show the actor traveling in an airplane before parachuting down to the Hollywood sign with the Olympic flag.
The outlet published paparazzi photos of Cruise from that time standing on the sign.
The Independent has contacted the International Olympic Committee and Cruise’s representatives for comment.
Cruise has already appeared at several events at the Olympic Games in Paris. On the second day Super shooter The star sat down with other A-list celebrities to witness the return of Team USA’s Simone Biles, the most decorated athlete in gymnastics history.
Snoop Dogg sat in the front row, while Greta Gerwig, Ariana Grande, John Legend and Anna Wintour also attended Biles’ competition.
The opening ceremony also featured a performance by a famous American: Lady Gaga sang “Mon Truc En Plumes” by Zizi Jeanmaire in a recorded section.
85 boats with almost 7,000 athletes from 205 countries took part in the three-and-a-half-hour spectacle on the Seine.
In a scathing two-star review for The IndependentNick Hilton said the rainy parade was “too much filler and not enough killer.”
“The show’s most impressive images – like the animatronic horse galloping down the Seine – all suffered from the endless nature of the course,” he wrote. “Only the finish line, with the hot-air balloon – a tribute to the Montgolfier brothers – appeared with grandeur and verve.”
“Too much filler, too little killer. And whoever decided to attribute the visual success of the ceremony to the Paris weather showed either extreme arrogance or a baffling lack of guile. Which was it? Well, the funny thing about the French is that they have no word for greenness.”
