FILMMAKER Guy Ritchie has revealed that one of his actors faced a telling off from a duke while filming for a new Netflix show in South Gloucestershire. 

The comedy action series The Gentlemen, follows Eddie Horniman, played by Theo James, as he inherits his family's estate, Halstead Manor.

The TV show is based on the 2019 film of the same name.

Badminton House, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, doubled for the mansion in the Netflix drama.

Ritchie, aged 55, said that the crew were under strict instructions to stay off the grass.

In one scene, however, Daniel Ings, who plays Eddie’s brother Freddy, walks out of the house dressed in a chicken suit and falls over on some grass.

Speaking at a Q&A session held following the premiere, Ings, 38, said: “Yeah I f****** stacked it.”

“That was the first take”, he added.

Ritchie interjected: “Actually he got told off by the duke whose house we shot it at.

“We were under strict instruction to stay off the grass. He left skid marks, I mean that skid cost us about 10 grand.”

Ritchie, who was co-producer, co-writer and co-executive producer for the show, also spoke on his filmmaking style, which is known to be snappy and fast-paced.

He said: “I think this kind of filmmaking is based on rhythm and once you’ve found that rhythm you are a slave to it.”

The upcoming series sees Eddie later discover that it is part of a cannabis empire and its proprietors do not plan to go anywhere.

Gazette Series: Badminton House was used as the location for fictional estate Halstead Manor in Netflix show The Gentleman Badminton House was used as the location for fictional estate Halstead Manor in Netflix show The Gentleman (Image: Newsquest)

Gazette Series: Theo James as Eddie Horniman while filming at Badminton House Theo James as Eddie Horniman while filming at Badminton House (Image: Christopher Rafael / PA / Netflix)

Elsewhere, Skins star Kaya Scodelario, who plays Susie Glass – whose family runs the cannabis empire, said she based her character on her friends’ mothers.

She said: “I based her on all of their (her friends’) mums.

“So a few of my friends have got dodgy families. The dads are like the geezers but the moms were the ones that I was scared of.

“They’re the ones that know exactly what’s going on. They don’t have to say too much. They look immaculate and they are f****** terrifying.”

The Gentlemen series was released on Netflix yesterday, Thursday, March 7.