Tom Cruise shocked everyone by personally performing all the stunts in his segment for the closing ceremony of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Cruise’s involvement was initially intended to be more minimal, with a stunt double handling the more dangerous aspects, but he insisted on doing everything himself.
"We pitched on a Zoom," 2028 L.A. Olympics president and chairperson Casey Wasserman said of the Closing Ceremony during a CNBC panel on Sept. 11."About five minutes in the presentation, he goes, 'I'm in. But I'm only doing it if I can do everything.' Every step of the way, he got more involved and more engaged—and by the way, he did it all for free.
"The original idea was a person in the stadium as a stunt double," Wasserman recalled."We're like, 'Well, there's no way we're getting this. We're going to get four hours of filming time. We'll do the thing in L.A. with the Hollywood sign, he'll hand the thing off and he's done. Maybe we'll get the other stuff and the rest will be just a stunt double.'"But Cruise wanted to really be a part of the performance.
The 62-year-old's stunt that closed the chapter on this year's Olympic Games will surely go down in history. After Cruise dove into the stadium, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass andlast June."I just remember, every time they say, 'Can you top it? Can you not top it?' We're always pushing. Every film I do, whatever genre it's in, I want to make it as entertaining as possible for that audience. I know I can do things better.
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