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

With a population of just 400, Fingest in Buckinghamshire seems an unlikely place to find two Hollywood A-listers.
But the tiny rural village came to a standstill when George Clooney and Matt Damon arrived to work on their new movie.
The actors, who have worked together several times, were filming upcoming period drama Monuments Men alongside The Artist actor Jean Dujardian.
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Ye olden days: Matt Damon and Jean Dujardin ride a horse and trap through a Buckinghamshire village on Thursday

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

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

How do you drive this thing? Matt and Jean seemed to be enjoying the trap ride

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

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.
As well as filming in Fingest - which was also the setting for two episodes of Midsomer Murders - George and cohave 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.

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

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