Tom Cruise has worried producers of the Paris Olympics closing ceremony by wanting to jump from the roof of the Stade de France stadium without a safety harness. The Hollywood star said the wire would have made the action less dramatic.

Tom Cruise stunned the world after jumping from the roof of the Stade de France stadium, about 42 meters high, during the Olympic flag handover at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, on the evening of August 11 (local time). The Mission Impossible- style action scene was considered one of the highlights of the event, making Parisian art overshadowed by Hollywood.

To prepare for the performance, Tom had to put on a safety harness before plunging to the ground in front of thousands of spectators and Olympic athletes.

Tom Cruise jumped from a height of 42 m at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Photo: Reuters.

In the eyes of others, the performance was truly eye-catching and classy. However, the actor born in 1962 seemed not really satisfied with what he had shown.

Insiders revealed to the Daily Mail that Tom had a heated argument with the closing show producer backstage because he wanted to do the jump without a safety harness.

“Tom helped create the stunt and said he needed to do something he had never done before. He argued with the producers about the visible safety wire. He felt it made the jump not realistic enough and didn’t go down as fast as he wanted. People close to him advised him not to jump and to stop throwing himself into so many deadly stunts. It’s one thing when he’s filming, but another when he’s doing it at the Olympics. It’s worrying,” the source said.

According to sources, Tom Cruise is well aware of the risks involved but is not concerned. In his mind, the actor believes himself to be larger than life and refuses to back down.

“Part of the belief has to do with the fact that he is one of the greatest action stars of all time. Part of it has to do with the Napoleon complex. The other fact is that he is almost a demigod in his religion. But he is not 25 anymore, not even 35 or 45,” the person close to him analyzed.

Despite Tom Cruise’s daredevilry, the closing ceremony organizers couldn’t agree with him. They were concerned that the stunt could backfire, with the actor facing the risk of serious injury or death. In the end, as the world could see, Tom Cruise landed with a clear safety wire on his back.

Tom Cruise takes a selfie before jumping off the roof of the Stade de France stadium.

Known as Hollywood’s top action star, Tom Cruise is no stranger to daring action scenes. He always performs difficult scenes in his movies himself, such as jumping off tall buildings, fighting with samurai swords, or climbing mountains without protection…

Just in July, he was seen hanging from the outside of a plane while filming the new Mission: Impossible film . In 2010, he dangled nearly 2,700 feet from the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, for the fourth Mission: Impossible film .

However, not all of Tom’s stunts have gone smoothly. In 2017, the actor broke his ankle after failing to jump from a building on the set of Mission Impossible 6 in London.