The mogul, who serves as LA28 president and chairperson, dished behind-the-scenes secrets at a CNBC x Boardroom: Game Plan panel in Santa Monica about landing Cruise for the show-stopping turn.

Tom Cruise is no stranger to big Hollywood paydays, but his latest role came free of charge. The actor stole the show during the closing ceremonies of the Paris Olympics, performing a stunt during the symbolic handoff to host-city-in-waiting Los Angeles.

The “Top Gun” star, 62, stunned viewers on Aug. 11 when he closed out the Olympics and handed the torch to LA, where the next Summer Games will be held.

The newspaper quotes Wasserman describing Cruise’s effort in the stunt, which saw him descend from the roof in Paris’s Stade France, before receiving the Olympic flag from Simon Biles and LA mayor Karen Bass, riding off on on a motorbike and eventually to LA, where he transformed the Hollywood sign with the five Olympic rings.

During the closing ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics, the world was shocked and delighted to see action star Tom Cruise take the Olympic flag all the way from Paris to the Hollywood sign. But how much did the Mission Impossible actor,

Casey Wasserman, the LA28 president and chairperson, explained how Tom Cruise became involved in the jaw-dropping stunt performed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Tom Cruise, who is reportedly obsessed with UFOs, performed a spectacular stunt during the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony without compensation, according to Casey Wasserman, president and chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.