Tom Cruise’s payday for that Olympic stunt may surprise you
CNNCNN — Tom Cruise pulled off an impressive stunt at the Paris Olympics closing ceremony for which he was compensated by… thrill? According to Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Cruise was all for his jump from the Stade du France to accept the official Olympic flag from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Olympian Simone Biles. The “Mission Impossible” star then cruised through the streets of Paris on his motorcycle to board a plane near the Eiffel Tower before reappearing for a skydive into the area near the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles in a pre-recorded segment. “The backstory is that we realized we were producing a 15-minute live TV show, and so I hired who I think is the best person in the world to do that,” Wasserman said during the recent CNBC X Boardroom panel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. We’re going to get four hours of filming time,” Wasserman said.
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