The Mission: Impossible actor will reportedly play a key role in the Closing Ceremony on Aug 11 to pass the flag to Los Angeles for the 2028 Games, and has already pre-recorded part of the visual spectacle.

Sources told TMZ that Tom will abseil down from the top of Stade de France, landing on the stadium field while carrying the official Olympic flag, before the televised broadcast then cuts to a previously-recorded film, with the first two minutes depicting the 62-year-old actor's flight to the US before skydiving down to the Hollywood sign.

The film will then show Tom passing the flag on to other Olympians, including a cyclist, a volleyball player and a skateboarder as they travel through the next Games' host city.

The Los Angeles portion of the stunt was filmed on a Saturday morning in March and insiders admitted they had expected the Top Gun star to be spotted and leak the information before now.

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