Train wreck scene constructed on Mission Impossible 7’s set as crew await the arrival of Tom Cruise

Preparations are well underway for a high-adrenaline day of filming on Derbyshire’s Mission Impossible 7 set, with an impressive train wreck scene being constructed on Saturday.

The blockbuster’s production team have built an enormous ramp of railway track next to a North Yorkshire Moors cliff edge.

Jutting upwards towards the sky at a sharp angle, the impressive structure will presumably be used to film a nerve-shredding disaster scene later in the day when the film’s stars – Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell – arrive on set.

Team members wearing hi-vis jackets were dotted around and on the ramp as they applied finishing touches. Heavy duty vehicles were also present.

Clear skies loomed over the ramp, making it an ideal day for filming.

Two days prior, Tom, 58, and Hayley, 39, filmed daring scenes which involved running on top of a train as it travelled through the moors.

During filming on Thursday, Hayley was seen speeding across the coal space behind the engine, and was attached with a wire to ensure she remained safe whilst doing the stunt.

After Hayley had finished her stunt, it was Tom’s turn and he was seen climbing up onto the locomotive before also running full pelt across the coal.

Their visit to set comes four months after romance rumours began between them, with sources saying at the time that filming ‘brought them closer’, and they are said to have become ‘fairly inseparable’ after they ‘hit it off from day one’.

Tom and Hayley star opposite Vanessa Kirby and Rebecca Ferguson in the movie where the plot for the latest adventure of Tom’s character Ethan Hunt has been kept firmly under wraps.

Tom hasn’t had a high-profile romance since his divorce from ex-wife Katie Holmes, whom he split from in 2012 and shares daughter Suri, 15.

Prior to this, Tom was married to Nicole Kidman from 1990 to 2001. After their split, he retained custody of their two adopted children Connor, 26, and Isabella, 28, who had been raised in the Church of Scientology.

Meanwhile Hayley is said to have split from her English doctor ex earlier this year.

A source told The Sun back in December: ‘Tom and Hayley hit it off from day one. Lockdown, and all the difficulties that came with it, brought them even closer and they’ve become fairly inseparable.

‘They’ve been meeting up after hours, and she’s been to his London pad. They get on brilliantly, and both seem very happy.’

MailOnline contacted both Tom and Hayley’s representatives for comment at the time.

Mission: Impossible 7 is scheduled to be released later this year.

It was claimed in February that location filming on Mission: Impossible 7 had wrapped after a marathon global schedule had been interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the time, director Christopher McQuarrie posted that production had finished in Abu Dhabi and he was heading ‘back to London for a few finishing touches.’

The delays due to the pandemic, however, mean that Tom’s plan to go straight into filming an eighth Mission: Impossible movie have had to be shelved, Deadline.com reported.

Filming on Mission: Impossible 7 was supposed to start in Italy in February 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed it until July 2020.

Filming began in the UK, moved to Norway and then back to Italy where it ground to a halt once again after 12 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus.