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Beckham's Champions League Livestream Returns with Tom Cruise and Celebrity Chaos
Beckham's Champions League Livestream Returns with Tom Cruise and Celebrity Chaos originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
He's hung off an airplane; he's ridden a motorbike off a cliff. Now Tom Cruise has accepted perhaps his most dangerous mission. Cruise will join Inter Milan co-owner David Beckham on Paramount+'s Beckham & Friends Live on Saturday to watch Paris Saint-Germain play Inter Milan in the Champions League Final. Call it Mission Improbable.
The livestream for the match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. ET. Kate Scott will be on hand to keep the conversation flowing. This might be necessary.
The experiment was trialed during the Champions League semi-finals, which turned out to be spectacular games hardly in need of any extra whistles and bells. Beckham was joined for those by the likes of Guy Ritchie, James Cordon and Stanley Tucci.
Critics described the live show as "stilted", with The Telegraph adding, "Want clever football analysis? Don't ask David Beckham". As Tucci himself said, "This is the weirdest night of my life".
It's not an orginal idea; in brothers Peyton and Eli watch the NFL's Monday Night Football with their analysis shown in split screen with the game.
However Beckham has never been known for his on-air charisma and bringing in celebrities who know little about soccer smacks of desperation.
Still, it's been popular enough for Paramount+ to repeat the experiment and sprinkle some extra stardust on the event, while doubtless also promoting Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning.
Hopefully PSG and Inter Milan will put on enough of a show in a shorter time frame than the last two Mission movies.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
