Tom Cruise made a surprise appearance at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday as he cheered on the USA in the women’s freestyle relay swimming. 

The actor, 62, put on an animated display as he clapped, punched the air and beamed as he watched the athletes compete for the gold medal.

Tom, who was dressed casually for the sporting extravaganza, stood up in respect when the National Anthem came on. 

The star certainly seemed in high spirits as he was seen smiling widely throughout – although that could have been to do with the fact the US came second, bringing home the silver medal.

Australia won the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. The team of Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris clinched Australia’s fourth-straight Olympic title in the event.

Following Titmus’ triumph in the women’s 400m freestyle, the relayers clocked an Olympic record time of three minutes 28.92 seconds to win from the United States and China. 

Tom has had a busy few months, attending Glastonbury, Kings of Leon and Taylor Swift’s concerts, watching the tennis at Wimbledon and making a surprise appearance at the Twisters film premiere to support Maverick co-star Glenn Powell.

As well as being out and about, Tom has continued to film scenes for Mission Impossible and earlier this month was seen hanging off the side of a plane for his latest daredevil stunt. 

The actor who will return to screens as agent Ethan Hunt next year, clung on to the underside of a yellow Stearman biplane as it flew over Oxfordshire. 

Back in April, Tom was last seen filming just a stone’s throw from Downing Street in London. 

Dramatic scenes signalled trouble for the Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt as the actor was seen kneeling on the road in surrender. 

Other scenes have been shot across Derbyshire, Surrey and central London at landmarks including the Natural History Museum in Kensington and Westminster Bridge.

The filming of the UK scenes of the eighth instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise initially took place between March and December 2022. 

Production on the eighth film had originally halted so that the cast could promote Part One, and then the strike began causing further delays.

Production restarted soon after, but was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes.

Filming resumed in March 2024, but came to another halt in May, allegedly due to a faulty gimbal (a camera tool). It has since restarted again.

Mission Impossible 8 was originally meant to be filmed back-to-back with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, which raked in over half a billion at box office.

If not for the strikes, MI:8 would have been with fans by the end of summer: its scheduled release date is now May 23, 2025.

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Source: Tampa Bay Times