filming

As dramatic as local gossip can be, the idea of Ariana Grande filming a Hollywood blockbuster in Ivinghoe proved a step too far for many villagers.

It was Hollywood make believe, a phony fire created for the filming of a movie.

“I just got the lines and I played with it,” says Heffernan, who was 8 during filming and is now 9.

She said: "To have Hattie already down there filming was amazing, but for her friend to then book the younger version of the title role was just the icing on the cake."

Shipka recalls filming by the lake over several nights, with Weiss nailing all sorts of tricky “comedy moments” behind the camera.