A STAR of BBC’s Line of Duty has been pictured on the set of a new film starring Harry Styles.
Gina McKee, who played Jackie Laverty in the first series of the popular crime drama, was spotted in Saltdean as work on My Policeman continues.
Actors Linus Roache, who starred in American thriller Homeland, and Rupert Everett were also seen on the set.
Gina, 57, will play an older version Emma Corrin’s character Marion and Linus, also 57, will play an older version of Harry' character Tom.
Pictures from the set show dozens of film trailers and lorries, as well as hundreds of masked crew members and extras.
Filming took place on Longridge Avenue, Saltdean which had been transformed to look like Peacehaven in the mid-1990s.
Telephone boxes were installed at every corner of the street, as was commonplace thirty years ago, and cars with 90s number plates were parked along the road.
Brand new signs were put up to replace existing shopfronts, and in some cases, stock was even moved in to make the set look more authentic.
Some of the new stores made especially for the movie included a movie rental shop, Shanley’s Food and Wine and Peacehaven Carpet Warehouse.
Saltdean is the latest place to host the cast of My Policeman, which stars the former One Direction star.
My Policeman is set largely in Brighton and Hove, although locations in Worthing and Newhaven have also been used for filming.
The film is based on Brighton Bethan Roberts’s 2012 novel of the same name.
Harry will play Tom, the police officer of the title.
The story takes place in the late 1990s when the arrival of Patrick, an elderly invalid, triggers an exploration of events from 40 years previous – Tom and Patrick’s relationship at a time when being gay was illegal.
Harry and Emma, who play husband and wife, star in flash-back scenes set in the 1950s.
Award-winning theatre director Michael Grandage is shooting a screenplay by Oscar-winner Ron Nyswaner, who penned 1993 legal drama Philadelphia.
It has not yet been confirmed when the film will be released, but it is understood to hit the big screen next year.
Harry made his acting debut in Christopher Nolan’s 2017 war film Dunkirk and will star in Olivia Wilde’s psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling.
**All photos by Steve Ridley**
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