THE glamour of showbiz came to a Chingford pub this week as a new film was made in the area.

And manager of the Royston Arms pub Simon Howard and barman Callum Hurley landed cameo roles in the movie.

Victim sees a country girl move to London and fall for a friend of her cousin who is living the high life using profits from crime.

As she tries to get him to turn his back on crime she makes some enemies.

Filming began last week, and reached the Royston Arms, on Chingford Mount Road, early on Saturday morning.

Mr Howard said: "I've never been in a film before, it was great fun, though there was a lot of waiting around!

It's fantastic that I will be featured in the film, I'm really looking forward to seeing it."

The director Alex Pilki has worked on big productions like Bafta nominated Being Human and Flight.

He dscribed the film as a "closely observed character study... an urban story seen from the inside."

Scriptwriters Ashley Chin (Cherry Tree Lane), Michael Maris (The Bill) and John Maza (Fish Tank, Shifty and Rise of a Foot solider) based the storyline on true events.

Victim by Pure Films will star Adam Deacon and Leo Gregory along with stars of the urban music scene Bashy, Snakeyman and Giggsy.