Fish & Clips! Mission Impossible filming at quarry location seen by Chippy Owner
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mocked-up train carriage has been plunged into a quarry for a scene in the latest Mission: Impossible film. It was shot at Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, recently with the carriage hanging off a specially built rail line before it fell into a lake. Franchise star Tom Cruise, 58, was photographed at the scene having flown in by helicopter to watch the filming. Photographer Richard Bowring from Stoney Middleton, said earlier in the day he had seen a crane take a few attempts to attach the carriage to the bridge. He said: “There were three big cranes on site. They winched it [the carriage] up onto the crane but it would not attach to the end of the bridge.” He added that he saw Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie “milling around on set” and on a viewing platform. Pete Grafton, owner of Toll Bar Fish and Chip Shop in Stoney Middleton, said
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“The carriage was hanging from a crane on Friday afternoon. It had dangled from the track for much of the day. The set’s construction has been going on at Darlton Quarry for months, but filming was delayed due to the pandemic. There was ‘much excitement’ and a ‘real buzz’ “Everybody’s talking about it,” he added. “Plenty of people have been visiting the area which is good for local businesses. Staff and customers here have been wearing Tom Cruise masks and dressing up as the man himself – we’ve all been getting involved in the fun.” Although Tom Cruise has expressed his love of fish and chips before whilst filming, it is not thought that he had visited the award-winning chippy. The carriage was seen arriving at the quarry back in May and the locomotive was delivered in August, about a week before the dramatic crash. Filming and production work has been taking place at the Warner Bros Studios in Hertfordshire, and on locations across the UK. Have you been involved with a film set? Email austen@chippychat.co.uk
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