IT must have been tremendously exciting for 17-year-old Oxford resident Florence Pugh when she was cast for a major role in the film The Falling.

There are countless young, aspiring actors and actresses across Oxfordshire who must dream of stardom and seeing themselves on the silver screen.

Although they must be feeling a pang of jealousy at the opportunity Florence has been given, we hope they will use her big break to spur them on to greater things.