A woman living with Parkinson's said she was starstruck as she featured alongside Hollywood royalty in a new film based on the condition.
Sue Day was an extra in the movie Onwards and Sideways , which stars Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans, and was filmed and set in Norfolk.
Day, from Hindolveston near Fakenham and whose husband also has the condition, spoke of her nervousness at meeting the actors, but "very soon just developed a normal relationship with them".
She said she hoped the film would change people's perceptions and stereotypes of Parkinson's.
Written by the co-creator of Vicar of Dibley, Paul Mayhew-Archer, the film is based on his personal experiences over the past 15 years .
It follows Emma, played by Linney, and Ifans's Tony, as they navigate the five years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's on the same day.
According to Parkinson's UK, about 166,000 people in the UK live with the progressive neurological condition .
Day, who starred alongside other Norfolk residents, said: "I think people think of Parkinson's as a disease where people just have the shakes, and there are so many different symptoms that you can have.
"For instance, my husband and I, we've got very different symptoms. Mine are quite physical... I find it difficult to walk very far. He, on the other hand, finds that he gets depressed in the mornings when he wakes up."
Tom Horne, who was also an extra, auditioned to be in the film after finding a flyer for it in a local Parkinson's group.
He said its authenticity was "absolutely perfect", including Ifans' portrayal of coming to terms with the condition.
He said: "I didn't know much about it until I got it. I just assumed it was some illness, nondescript, but it has about 40 different symptoms."
After driving him to the audition, Horne's wife Sheila was also given a part.
She said: "I really hope it's going to educate people on what Parkinson's is. So many people think it's just the shakes, but a lot of people with Parkinson's don't have a shake at all.
"We have made so many friends, because of the amount of people with Parkinson's and their carers that were in it."
Producer Hilary Bevan-Jones and director John Madden decided there was no better place than Norfolk to use as a backdrop.
The production was filmed in Fakenham, Blakeney and Morston, with Burnham Market Primary School transformed into the fictional Salt Marsh Primary.
Bevan-Jones said: "It was really important to us that we used as many local people as possible.
"[We] managed to find a lot of people living with Parkinson's in the local community and filmed a lot of beautiful dance classes at Binham Village Memorial Hall."
She said her father had Parkinson's and she hoped other people would connect with the movie.
"It's a very powerful film to work on," she said.
"The community were fabulous. Norfolk absolutely welcomed us with open arms."
Onwards and Sideways is out in cinemas and is being released on BBC One and iPlayer this Christmas.
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