Tom Cruise Did His Daring Skydiving Stunt at Olympics Closing Ceremony for Free

Mar. 15, 2025

Tom Cruise at the Stade de France on Aug. 11.Photo:PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

PHIL NOBLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The pay day forTom Cruise’s latest, greatest stunt may surprise you.

“The original idea was a person in the stadium as a stunt double,” Wasserman explained, perThe Hollywood Reporter. “About five minutes into the presentation [Cruise] goes, ‘I’m in. But I’m only doing it if I get to do everything.' "

Of the pre-recorded Hollywood sign segment, Wasserman joked, “It’s amazing how fast he got to L.A., isn’t it?”

Although initially doubtful his team would be able to book theTop Gunstar and pull off such an ambitious stunt sequence, the chairman said that “every step of the way, he got more involved and more engaged.”

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In fact, Cruise fitting the Hollywood sign shoot into his schedule was a daring stunt all its own. The actor-producer was busy filming the upcominginstallmentof hisMission: Impossiblefilm series.

“He finished filmingMission: Impossibleat 6 p.m. in London, got right on a plane. He landed in L.A. at 4 a.m., and filmed the scene where he pulls onto a military plane. In L.A., he does two jumps out of the thing," Wasserman recalled, revealing that Cruise “didn’t like the first one, so he did a second jump.”

“Then he helicoptered from Palmdale to the Hollywood sign, filmed from 1 until 5, helicoptered to Burbank Airport and flew back to London,” the chairman continued.

Tom Cruise in the Stade de France on Aug. 11.Jamie Squire/Getty

Jamie Squire/Getty

During the closing ceremony in Stade de France, he received the Olympic flag from Biles, 27, and Bass, 70.

source: people.com