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An Executive Producer Revealed That Tom Cruise Demanded To Jump Off The Roof Of The Stadium During The Olympics Closing Ceremony After The Initial Pitch Involved A Stand-In


“Who else is synonymous with action and an American hero? When we got Tom, I felt like the whole thing would work…”

Twitter: @TomCruise After walking through a crowd of excited Olympians and taking a few selfies, he made his way onto the stage, grabbed the Olympic flag from Simone Biles, and hopped onto his motorbike, à la Maverick of Top Gun.At this point, the broadcast transitioned into a pre-recorded segment tracking Tom’s stunt-filled journey to LA with the Olympic flag, which involved riding through the streets of Paris and jumping out of an aircraft — presumably just a casual Sunday for the Mission: Impossible star.

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