Croydon students play a part in a new movie starring starring Michael Keaton and Dylan O’Brien.

The whole of St George’s Walk, including every single shop, was bought up for a week, and transformed into an Istanbul quarter for the movie American Assassin.

FilmFixer is the firm that works for the council to organise film-shoots in the borough. Its director, Andrew Pavord said: “For the duration, St George’s Walk was transformed into shisha shops and Turkish restaurants, populated by 200 Turkish speakers, all in costume, serving real food and smoking real pipes.

"The smells and sounds were completely authentic.

“We were happy that Croydon was able to meet this extensive location brief. And we’re even more happy that the production brought in five film students, all but one from Croydon College, for a week of work experience.”

One of the five placements was Amy Jones who is no stranger to the spotlight.

She managed to land some work experience in 2014 as part of Kevin Costner’s Criminal.

“I really hope that because this is a big scale set and I’ve been doing lots of different things, it will show just what I’m capable of and help me get work in the business when I finish my course,” she said.

“It’s really amazing to work here, in a place I know so well as a Croydon backstreet, which on-screen looks exactly like bustling Istanbul. It feels like a whole village has been built in the middle of my hometown.”