Mission Impossible 7: Tom Cruise and Rebecca Ferguson continue shooting scenes in Venice

They recently resumed filming on Mission Impossible 7 in Italy, after it was reported that 12 positive COVID-19 tests among the crew forced filming to halt.

And Tom Cruise, 58, and Rebecca Ferguson, 37, got into character once again on Saturday, as they joined forces for a high-octane chase scene in Venice. 

Tom cut a dapper figure in black suit, while Rebecca was seen wielding a cane as they descended on Campo San Giacomo dell’Orio for the night shoot.

Wearing a long black leather coat, Swedish actress Rebecca was seen ascending a flight of stairs at speed before rolling cameras.

Complementing his suit with a crisp white button-down shirt, Hollywood actor Tom was spotted standing solo at the top of another flight of stairs.

Their shoot came a day after Tom was pictured shooting scenes alongside their co-star Hayley Atwell at the picturesque city’s Dodge Palace. 

Last week, Tom reportedly held crisis talks with Mission Impossible 7 director Christopher McQuarrie days after 12 people on set reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. 

Health chiefs were said to be tracing the contacts of those who tested positive after filming was suspended, dashing hopes it was an isolated case. 

It appeared to be yet another blow for the action movie franchise after filming was suspended earlier this year during the first European wave of coronavirus when cases rose sharply in Italy.

The actor and the director, who worked together on previous Mission Impossible movies and Jack Reacher, were seen deep in conversation at their luxury base in the city, days after the situation came to light, 

Filming has now been allowed to continue, with production resuming last Monday. 

In October The Sun reported 150 extras for the film were informed they were not to come in to shoot scenes that were on the filming schedule for the evening.

While no official reason was given for the sudden decision, it was claimed a novel coronavirus test had come back positive from the production so filming needed to be suspended temporarily.

A source speaking to the publication claimed: ‘There are about 150 extras involved in the filming and late on Thursday they were all told not to turn up for work and they would be notified when they would be allowed back on set. 

‘No official reason has been given but it’s feared it’s down to COVID and this will be the second time the production has been hit because of the virus.’ 

Earlier this year, filming for the upcoming action movie was halted in Italy after cases of coronavirus rose sharply. 

The crew and actors headed to Norway to film ever since, before returning to Italy to continue with scenes once it was safe to do so.

It was reported this summer that Hollywood legend Tom hired a £500,000 ship for the film’s crew in Norway to avoid any coronavirus-related delays.

Filming had already been delayed for months after COVID-19 spread across Italy, where production had been based in March, leading the release date to be pushed back to November 2021.