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When the makers of the latest James Bond film, Die Another Day, were scouting for locations in the Far East they decided to look to East Anglia.

Although the weather may not match that of Asian climes, the filmmakers thought the flat fields of Burnham Deepdale, near King's Lynn, would be an ideal substitute for North Korean paddy fields.

Who'd park a Lambourghini so recklessly?

A 35-strong crew pulled up at Deepdale Farm in April, together with a Lambourghini sports car and enough materials to build a wooden shack.

The Norfolk scenes appear during a dramatic sequence near the end of the 20th Bond epic.

Norfolk's paddy fields

Landowner Alister Borthwick spent a month transforming part of his farm into the water-filled paddy fields after the film crew asked him to set up an experiment to see if it would work.

"They were looking for somewhere where they could recreate a little bit of Korea," said Mr Borthwick.

"It meant they didn't have to take the whole crew out there and all the special effects."

Mr Borthwick also had to find beds in the village for all of the film crew, but unfortunately Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry weren't among those needing accommodation.

Four weeks' work

"Norfolk's a long way for them to come up here from Pinewood, so all they did was sent a stunt man up here and all the set designers," he said.

"We generated all these little walls to hold the water and then pumped the water out of the ditch and then we had to let it go again as they set up," said Mr Borthwick.

"Having worked four weeks to create it they were only up here for one day filming and then they only took a few seconds," he added.

Die Another Day opened in cinemas across the UK on Friday, 22 November, 2002.