Hollywood comes to Birmingham as Tom Cruise films at Grand Central
A touch of Hollywood came to the region as one of its top stars was seen while filming his new movie.
Tom Cruise was spotted by fans and film lovers as he filmed scenes for the new Mission Impossible 7 movie, where he returns in his role as IMF agent Ethan Hunt, at Birmingham New Street station.
The 59-year-old was seen with his co-star Hayley Atwell as they filmed a scene in the dining area on the upper level of the station.
The pair also took time between takes to wave to the fans who had gathered on the ground floor area, with Tom Cruise also giving fans a thumbs up.
The upper floor of the station has been transformed into Abu Dhabi airport as part of the movie, with signs reading in Arabic and characters dressed in authentic costume.
Tom Cruise had been busy during his time in the country during filming, taking in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley and the men's singles final at Wimbledon.
While in Birmingham, he also took the opportunity to sample one of the region's favourite dishes as well as he dined at Asha's Indian Restaurant on Newhall Street on Saturday, August 21.
Bollywood stars have enjoyed Indian food at Asha's over the years, including Anil Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan and Chef Heston Blumenthal and boxer Amir Khan have also visited the restaurant.
Mr Cruise enjoyed a meal of salmon, chicken tikka kebab, saag paneer, mint cauliflower and chicken tikka masala, which the restaurant said he enjoyed so much, he ordered a second helping of.
A spokesman for the restaurant said: "It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Tom Cruise to Asha's Birmingham yesterday evening.
"Tom ordered our famous Chicken Tikka Masala and enjoyed it so much that as soon as he had finished, he ordered it all over again, the greatest compliment.
"We are very proud that Tom Cruise has joined the ever-growing list of celebrities such as The Rolling Stones and Ed Sheeran that have dined at our award-winning restaurants."
