Tom Cruise goes wild for video of Sunrise's Matt Shirvington's Olympics past: 'I saw that'

He may have spent his life surrounded by some of the biggest Hollywood A-listers but actor Tom Cruise was left captivated by Sunrise host’s Matt Shirvington’s Olympic Games past.

The Mission: Impossible star appeared on the Channel 7 breakfast show on Monday morning, where fans gathered outside the Sydney studio to chant his name and hold up banners.

However, it was a video of Matt Shirvington partaking in the 100m run at the year 2000 event that really impressed Tom.

“Tom, I've gotta be honest with you, as a kid growing up I was a sprinter and went to the Olympic Games as a sprinter,” Matt started the segment.

“Did you? Wow, what year were you? “ a very intrigued Tom asked.

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Shirvo went on to tell Tom that he had competed in the 100-metre sprint at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, with an impressed Tom saying: “I saw you run in that Olympics. I saw that.”

Tom looked up at the screen to see Shirvo dressed patriotically in yellow and green as he dashed in the competition, alongside a video of the actor running in his action movies.

“Look at that. You're a great runner. I'm a good runner,” Tom said, going on to explain that while he does a lot of running in his films, he doesn’t get much help with training.

“I've just been an athlete, my whole life, gymnastics and I love to sprint. I came out running,” he said.

“I was like that little kid that was just I get a new pair of sneakers and you just got to hit every puddle and you're sprinting. And I've had not a lot of training, you know, but sometimes through the years I just get a little bit of coaching and I had different coaches when you're growing up.

“You know what I do, I watch people, I study and then I try different things on my own and I really am someone who I'll watch someone and then I'll imitate them. And then I read about other people's training and I'll train with different Olympians or you know, I'm constantly studying.”

Shirvo then jumped in saying: “If you ever need a coach, let me know.”

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A giggling Nat Barr said: “We’ll set up a training session for you guys.”

Tom went on to reveal that he had spent the morning doing sprints around his hotel room in Sydney, as he always like to stay fit.

“I've always trained my whole life. You never have a moment off,” he said.

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