Cruise starts shooting for Mission Impossible 3

Tom Cruise started shooting scenes for Mission: Impossible 3 in Rome by whizzing past the camera in a speedboat on the river Tiber.

Fans looked on from a bridge near Castel Sant'Angelo as the star sped under them to film the third instalment in the action-adventure series.

The boats that usually ship locals and tourists along the river, as well as all other traffic, were barred from the historic waterway for the day.

Before stepping into the speedboat, Cruise kissed and embraced his fiance, actress Katie Holmes, on the riverside set.