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Star of The Avengers and The Night Manager Tom Hiddleston has been spotted in Leatherhead as filming for a new BBC drama took place in the town.

A tweet stating that the Hollywood star had been spotted in the town was posted earlier on Tuesday (February 13), before being deleted.

Meanwhile filming for a new BBC drama, believed to be director Park Chan Wook’s adaptation of John Le Carre’s novel Little Drummer Girl, is thought to be taking place at Leatherhead Theatre.

Julie Constable, head of marketing at Downsend School, confirmed that the school’s site had been accommodating a 50 strong crew and equipment.

She said: “We were supporting that as it was being filmed at Leatherhead Theatre and they asked to use our car park.

“They were looking for a place to park their actors, costumes, food trucks and all their other support facilities and we obliged.

“The film crew were there today only. There were about eight trailers, a dining bus, 50 cars and a catering kitchen.”

In an email sent to the school and seen by Get Surrey it states: “We are going to be filming for one day on Tuesday, February 13 at the Leatherhead Theatre.

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“The project is “The Little Drummer Girl” an adaptation of John Le Carre’s critically acclaimed novel of the same name.

“It is being produced by The Ink Factory and will be screened in both the UK by the BBC and America by AMC.

“The company’s most recent success was another John Le Carre adaptation, the multi-award winning ‘The Night Manager’.

“The Director is Park Chan Wook, a Korean director who is considered to be one of the most exciting directors in the world at the moment, so a really exciting prospect. His previous projects include ‘The Handmaiden’ and ‘Old Boy’.”

The filming is being carried out by the same team that produced The Night Manager, which starred Tom Hiddleston.

No role for Hiddleston in The Little Drummer Girl has been announced however a full cast list has not yet been released.

A post on Leatherhead Theatre’s Facebook page confirms that the building was closed to the public on Monday and Tuesday (February 12 and 13) and will also be closed until 6pm on Wednesday (February 14).

A spokeswoman for the theatre said: “All that we can confirm is that it is BBC filming for something that’s coming out next year.”

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