The price George Osborne pays for being in the Notting Hill Set

• Former chancellor walked onto movie set with Richard E Grant and Will Sharpe

After a hard day labouring at his many jobs, George Osborne probably wanted a quiet stroll to his £10 million Notting Hill mansion.

So imagine his surprise when the former chancellor stumbled straight on to a movie set featuring Richard E Grant and White Lotus actor Will Sharpe.

Mr Osborne, 52, came across the making of Netflix series Too Much – which is being directed by American actress Lena Dunham.

One onlooker said: ‘George was just there, minding his own business with his ear pods in and then all of a sudden he came face to face with a bunch of actors.

Former chancellor George Osborne stumbled onto a movie set on his doorstep in Notting Hill

A completely bemused Mr Osborne found his neighbour’s house taken over by a Netflix crew filming the new Lena Durham rom com Too Much, featuring Richard E Grant (pictured)

Also spotted on the set was White Lotus star Will Sharpe who plays the lead role

A confused Mr Osborne (left) arrives at his home to find the film crew in action with tents erected

‘He didn’t manage to crack a smile but hopefully he saw the funny side and didn’t take it too seriously. Notting Hill is a star-studded area so you’d think he’d be used to this kind of thing.’

Notting Hill, Richard Curtis’s 1999 hit film starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, catapulted the west London district to worldwide prominence.

There are similarities in Ms Dunham’s film, which will follow Jessica (US actress Megan Stalter) moving from New York with a broken heart.

She will then begin dating Felix, played by Sharpe. It also stars Stephen Fry and models Adwoa Aboah and Emily Ratajkowski.

Despite filming only starting recently, Too Much is already being touted as a modern day Notting Hill and is being made by the producers who worked on another of Curtis’s movies, Love Actually.

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