Tom Cruise, ready for the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games?

The actor is in Paris, a few months after filming mysterious motorcycle scenes in the capital, as well as a parachute jump over the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles.

End of April, Tom Cruise was spotted performing a waterfall in the heart of Parison the Bir-Harkeim bridge. Many then thought that it was a sequence from the final part of Impossible missiona saga that has already seen its hero fight for his life in the French capital. But the few shots filmed at that time, on a motorbike, might have nothing to do with Ethan Hunt's next mission…

TMZquickly relayed by The Hollywood Reporterexplains today that Tom Cruise would be preparing a video to close the 2024 Olympic Games, during the ceremony on August 11. The American tabloid details that as early as March, the 61-year-old actor was seen parachuting from a helicopter onto the Hollywood sign located on one of the famous hills of Los Angeles. He would thus pass the torch to the American city, responsible for organizing the 2028 Olympic Games, four years after the French edition.

It is specified that the actor himself would have asked the organizers to participate in this closing ceremony, and that he would not leave Paris empty-handed, taking the flag in the colors of the Olympic Games, from the Stade de France, to fly them to LA. To arrive by air at the end of the Parisian show, he would already be in a parachute, specifies the article. THR also says that it is Fulwell 73, James Corden's company, which is responsible for filming all the elements of Tom Cruise's show, to produce a video of about two minutes, mixing pre-recorded scenes and live happenings. Note that Cruise and Corden know each other well: the star has been invited several times on the host's TV show… notably to teach him how to skydive!

So many elements that match the various photos and videos taken of Tom Cruise in recent months: at the end of July, he notably followed gymnastics events live from the Paris Olympics, surrounded by Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, but also Christopher McQuarrie, the director of the latest Impossible missionand Steven Spielberg, who directed him in War of the Worlds. Could it be that they will all participate in the closing ceremony in a few days?

TMZ In any case, it is worth remembering that Tom Cruise has already shown his interest in the Olympic Games: just 20 years ago, he was one of the torchbearers, just before the Athens games.