Julia Roberts movie After the Hunt films in Cambridge

Julia Roberts fans have been hoping for a glimpse of the Hollywood star in Cambridge this week as filming on her new star-studded movie After the Hunt took place.

The actress, who is best known for her roles in Notting Hill and Pretty Woman, is currently filming with co-stars Andrew Garfield, of Spider-man fame, and Chloe Sevigny, who has appeared in Boys Don’t Cry, American Psycho and last year starred in sci-fi thriller Foe. The star of hit TV show The Bear, Ayo Edebiri, is also part of the cast.

After the Hunt, which is directed by Luca Guadagnino of recent hit Challengers, follows the story of Roberts as a college professor who “finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, according to the film’s logline.

As she deals with the situation that unfolds, “a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light”.

The 56-year-old was spotted as a film crew descended on Selwyn College this week. The crew then moved to Westminster College.

Neither of the University of Cambridge colleges were unable to comment.

Scenes were also being set up around The Pitt Building in Trumpington Street.

Ayo Edebiri posted a cast photograph on Instagram on Sunday (7 July) revealing that the movie, being made by Amazon MGM Studios, was in pre-production.

The script for After the Hunt, written by Nora Garrett, has been described by Deadline magazine as “one of the more talked-about scripts in recent memory”.