Plans to film spectacular train crash in Tom Cruise’s new Mission: Impossible movie almost derailed by angry villagers

 PLANS to film a spectacular train crash for the finale of the latest Mission: Impossible blockbuster were nearly derailed — by angry villagers.

Makers of the £150million movie applied to use an old quarry to shoot a loco hurtling off a 160ft viaduct as star Tom Cruise fights on top of it.

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Movie makers applied to use this old quarry to shoot Mission: Impossible scenesCredit: Splash

But residents said the explosive stunt would devastate wildlife in Stoney Middleton, Derbys, plus cause local chaos with the influx of 250 production staff plus fans.

Retired health visitor Elizabeth Longbottom, 80, said: “This is an area of beauty and tranquillity — and that’s going to be shattered when Mr Cruise and his team turn up.

“He means nothing to me, it’s 46 years since my husband and I went to the cinema.”

Husband Robin, 76, a retired surveyor, added: “I assume the film company are paying handsomely for the privilege of disrupting everyone’s lives.”

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Tom Cruise will star in the new Mission: Impossible moviesCredit: Alamy

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Robin and Elizabeth Longbottom have objected to the filmingCredit: The Sun

The Longbottoms’ objection to the application at Darlton Quarry claimed the scene “could be done more economically and with less disturbance by being digitally generated”.

Other locals also raised concerns — but the Peak District National Park Authority approved the application with production firm Jupiter Springs vowing to keep disruption down.

Cruise, 58, will spend three weeks rehearsing the stunt, believed to be the climax to the movie.

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This train track at a quarry near Stoney Middleton had been planned as the location for the movieCredit: PA

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