FROM today's Daily Mail

Fancy seeing you here! George Clooney and Matt Damon brings English country village to a standstill as they shoot new film

PUBLISHED: 00:30, 31 May 2013 | UPDATED: 07:36, 31 May 2013

Locals in a Buckinghamshire village were left stunned on Thursday after they spotted
Hollywood A-listers George Clooney and Matt Damon shooting their new movie.

The actors, who have worked together several times, were filming upcoming period drama
Monuments Men alongside The Artist actor Jean Dujardian.

Dressed in period clothing, Matt and Jean were seen riding on a horse and trap through
the pretty country village.

Ye olden days: Matt Damon and Jean Dujardin ride a horse and trap through a Buckinghamshire
village on Thursday. Copyright Flynetpictures.com

Matt Damon's driving past my house! Two villagers can't resist taking photos of the action
Copyright Flynetpictures.com

However, the villagers weren't exactly hiding in their houses and were drawn to the streets to
see the Hollywood big shots filming on their doorstep.

As Matt and Jean - who won the Best Actor Oscar for the silent film The Artist in 2011 -
went through
their lines, they were given direction by George.

The film is co-written, producer and directed by Clooney, with the script based on the book
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in
History by Robert M. Edsel.

In charge: Matt talks to his director and co-star George Clooney on location Copyright Flynetpictures.com

How do you drive this thing? Matt and Jean seemed to be enjoying the trap ride.
Copyright Flynet pictures.com

Set during World War II, it tells the story of an Allied group who were responsibly for saving
pieces of art and other significant cultural items from the Nazis during World War II.

Matt takes on the role as the late James Rorimer, who was the director for the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art in New York.

In 1943, he put his Met career on hold to sign up as a infantryman in the United States Army,
but soon found his art skills being utilised during the war when he headed up the Monuments,
Fine Arts, and Archives program.

Never work with animals or children: Jean and Matt take a breather as the trainer settles the horse
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The man in charge: While Matt was dressed in period clothing to play James Rorimer, George was in his usual attire

He was personally responsible for seizing the artworks of Nazis Hermann Göring and Joseph Goebbels during the war.

While George is also in the film, as a character called George Stout, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Hugh Bonneville and John Goodman also star.

Get that car out of shot! It would have been a challenge for filmmakers to remove modernity from the scene

The big man on set: George talks to Matt about the scene

This week, George and co have been spotted filming across Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey.

In March and April, they also shot scenes in Germany.

Monuments Men is due for release in December 2013.

Country scene: The two men looked quite at home on the trap as they rode through the village

Hard at work: George talks to some crewmembers and Matt

Idyllic: The film is set during World War II, when many would have still relied on horses instead of cars to get around

NINO FIRETTO CASTING

Friday 31 May 2013

George Clooney and Matt Damon on location

FROM today's Daily Mail

Fancy seeing you here! George Clooney and Matt Damon brings English country village to a standstill as they shoot new film

TAKEN FROM THE DAILY MAIL 31 MAY 2013