Riverdale actress Camila Mendes is filming in Harrogate today.
Film production vehicles have been parked on Beech Grove alongside the Stray today.
The vehicles included an actor’s trailer and double decker bus.
Crew members told the Stray Ferret the production company was called Upgraded, which may also be the title of the film.
Camila filming on The Stray in Harrogate today.
They said Ms Mendes was one of the stars of the movie, which is being produced for Amazon Prime and is set in the modern day.
They added that it would be shot on the Stray at the top of Montpellier hill, as well as in the town centre.
They also said they would be filming at a hotel in the town tomorrow and the film was also being shot around Leeds and Bradford.
Filming on The Stray.
Camila Mendes is an American-Brazilian actress and singer. She made her debut portraying Veronica Lodge on the teen drama series Riverdale.
Her Instagram story shows the actress recently visiting Fountains Abbey, near Ripon.
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Comedian Alan Carr has been spotted filming in Harrogate today.
The ‘Chatty Man’ drew a crowd of onlookers at the Westmorland Sheepskins shop on Montpellier Parade.
The production team confirmed they were shooting an episode of BBC One’s Interior Design Masters.
They were unable to give an exact date on when it will be broadcast, however it is expected to be at least six months.
Comedian Alan Carr, pictured in Harrogate fighting off a wasp.
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The popular show follows 10 aspiring designers all looking for their big break in the fast-paced world of commercial interior design.
The designers take on a new interior design challenge up and down the country each week, ranging from show homes, shops and restaurants to beach huts, bars and luxury holiday villas.
They are usually given two or three premises each to either do up individually or as a team.
At the end of each challenge, the weakest designers face the judges and explain their design decisions, with at least one contestant being eliminated.
Mr Carr was also spotted in Bettys, on Parliament Street, today.
Simon Pegg shoots new film in HarrogateActor Simon Pegg was in Harrogate last night shooting a new film.
The Cornetto trilogy star was on Crown Place, the cobbled street between the Crown Hotel and the Royal Pump Room Museum.
He was working an upcoming movie called Nandor Fodor And The Talking Mongoose, which also stars Minnie Driver, Tim Downie and Paul Kaye.
The film, described as a dark comedy, is based on a 1935 investigation by para-psychologist Nandor Fodor into claims of a talking mongoose.
Fake rain and smoke gave Crown Place an atmospheric air as the crew took several takes of Mr Pegg walking beneath an umbrella (pictured below) and entering a side entrance to the Crown Hotel.
Simon Pegg pictured filming in Crown Place in Harrogate.
Filming finished at about 10.30pm, when the crew retired to the Crown Hotel.
Shooting is expected to continue today in Leeds before returning to Harrogate.
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Doctor Who actor Matt Smith has been shooting a horror film in Nidderdale; Sir Patrick Stewart filmed a Yorkshire Tea advert at Cardale Park and Netflix film ‘Bank of Dave’, featuring Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor, was shot at the former Harrogate Borough Council offices in Crescent Gardens.
Shooting for All Creatures Great and Small also took place at Crescent Gardens over the last bank holiday weekend.