Tom Cruise shuts down Trafalgar Square for filming

The actor, who plays alien fighter Lt. Col. Bill Cage, landed in a helicopter in the middle of the usually bustling Trafalgar Square, which was shut down for shooting, in the heart of London, the People reported.

Tom Cruise. Pic/Santa Banta

Tom stars alongside Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton in the action flick based on a novel by Japanese sci-fi author Hiroshi Sakurazaka.

The plot follows a soldier who becomes caught in a time loop as he battles aliens, becoming better skilled as he's forced to fight the final day of warfare over and over.u00a0