Brad Pitt has reportedly thanked the residents of a village where his new movie has been filmed.

World War Two thriller Fury, with Shia LaBeouf, was shot in Shirburn near Watlington.

The film’s production gathered headlines. Film bosses apologised for filming on Remembrance Sunday while a stuntman was stabbed on set in October.

The Daily Mail said Pitt had thanked the villagers but Watlington parish Council chairman Ian Hill said he did not know of the message.