Back To College For Gwyneth

The production unit for the latest Gwyneth Paltrow movie Possession, currently filming in Shepperton, have been searching for suitably academic-looking extras for a location shoot in Lincoln next week. 'We've been inundated with applications,' said a location publicist, 'I haven't even begun to sort through them!' The fantastic response is probably due to the press release that went out for the shoot which told prospective applicants that, 'Gwyneth will be in all the scenes which we are shooting in Lincoln.' Maybe fans didn't stick around to read the proviso that said the filmmakers 'can't promise that the extras will be able to get close to her!' Possession, which is based on the Booker prize-winning novel by AS Byatt and directed by Neil LaBute features Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart (last seen in Erin Brockovich) as two modern-day academics who discover a love affair between their respective objects of study which they, in turn, mirror. Early reports had Ralph Fiennes in the role opposite Paltrow, but that seems unlikely given his current stage commitments.