Tom Cruise attends secret induction ceremony into the French Legion of Honor
It seems like Tom Cruise has been everywhere these days. The superstar—who is apparently in the middle of filming Mission Impossible: The Final Payback 2—somehow found time this past month to attend as well One Taylor Swift Shows, Glastonbury Festival, and Wimbledon. (His daughter’s graduation ceremony, Not much.) And on Friday, his schedule includes opening ceremony give Paris Olympics. But first, there will be a secret initiation ceremony into a centuries-old French society.
The news broke an early morning tweet from Rachida DatiFrench Minister of Culture and former spokesman for former president of France Nicolas Sarkozywho has since convicted of fraud following a 2012 bid for an additional term. “Congratulations to @TomCruise, who has been appointed Knight of Arts and Letters by the Republic!” the tweet in French read.
“His 2017 filming of ‘Mission Impossible’ in Paris was a beautiful showcase of our capital. His passionate defense of cinema is an inspiration to all big screen lovers.”
(Dati is probably referring to Mission Impossible: Fallout in her post, in which the writer-director Christopher McQuarrie Cruise and other members of the I team through their paces along the winding streets of the city.)
Based on DurationThe award was presented in a “rather secretive ceremony” on Friday, during which Cruise was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor. The award, established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, is widely regarded as France’s highest civilian honor. Previous U.S. honorees include the founder of Amazon. Jeff Bezoscivil rights leader Jesse Jacksonand disability awareness activist Helen Keller.
But while Tom Cruise’s induction into the Legion was kept secret from the public, he reappeared just hours later. Via Instagram story, James Wilkie Broderickactor’s son Sarah Jessica Parker And Matthew Broderickposted a photo of his parents at the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Next to them, on the banks of the Seine, was Cruise, signal with outstretched armsas if to say, “I used to fish in this river, and catch a fish this big“ .
