Producer Reveals Tom Cruise Stunt At Paris Olympics Had A 'Weird Inspiration'

While Sunday's closing ceremony mirrored something out of "Mission: Impossible," it was ultimately inspired by a 15-year-old talk show bit.

New details about Tom Cruise’s stunt at the 2024 Paris Olympics are coming to light.

The “Mission: Impossible” star closed Sunday’s ceremony in true Hollywood fashion by leaping into the Stade de France and hopping on a motorcycle, before a pre-taped clip showed him skydiving toward the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles and the 2028 Olympics.

While the feat seemed most inspired by the stunt-laden “Impossible” franchise, former “Late Late Show” producer Ben Winston told The Hollywood Reporter that this symbolic passing of the baton was instead influenced by a 15-year-old bit — from Conan O’Brien.

“I liked the idea of doing the bulk of it in Los Angeles but with an amazing open in Paris,” Winston said Monday. “This is such a weird reference, but remember when Conan O’Brien started on ‘The Tonight Show’ and moved from New York to Los Angeles?”

“He did a really fun sketch going cross country,” he continued about O’Brien’s hilarious 2009 opener. “That has always stuck with me. So I was like, ‘How do Tom Cruise and all these incredible athletes take that flag from Paris to L.A.?’ It’s a weird inspiration.”