It’s writer Richard Curtis’ love story to his adopted county and highlights some of its most scenic corners, south and north of the 40-mile long coastline. In fact, there’s no denying Suffolk is the star of the movie, beginning and ending with the iconic Latitude festival.
Directed by Danny Boyle, Yesterday stars Lily James as Ellie and Himesh Patel as aspiring musician Jack Malik, who wakes up in an alternate reality where The Beatles have disappeared from everyone’s memories.
At first, he shares songs from memory – his first being, of course, Yesterday, filmed by the River Deben – but he soon starts to claim The Fab Four’s classics as his own. How’s that going to turn out?
“There was very little in the way of set-dressing, it’s present day. There were loads of local people as extras,” said Rachel Aldridge of Screen Suffolk.
Oh, and let’s not forget Suffolk superstar Ed Sheeran has a starring role too. In fact, the singer-songwriter was chosen for his local connections and love of his home county, so much so that the videos for his latest album are all shot on or by the Suffolk coast.
Walk in Ed Sheeran’s footsteps in Suffolk
Anyway, let’s head back to Yesterday…
