And she does surprisingly well. American actors tend to go for the posh Bridget Jones-type of Queen’s English or a middle-of-the-road fantasy/theatrical cadence – think Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones.

Although not perfect it’s not a bad stab at the pronunciation and when compared to Russell Crowe’s meandering “Midlands” accent as Robin Hood in Ridley Scott’s 2010 film, then it’s a more than an admirable performance for such a tricky twang.

After honing her skills at Shop in the Square in Wolverhampton city centre (more details on that here), the actress herself has said how she didn’t understand “how many accents exist in your very small country”  when she spoke to Yahoo Movies.  Read more about her "work experience here: https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/wolverhampton-entertainment/2019/09/11/american-actress-in-caitlin-moran-film-perfected-black-country-actress-by-working-in-wolverhampton-shop/

From Shropshire to Birmingham, via Nottingham and on to Lincoln, the Midlands is one such place in itself. And it’s good to know the Midlands provided such warm hospitality as Feldstein goes on to add she had “such a lovely time. The whole city was so welcoming and kind”.

Although Feldstein’s character eventually leaves for the bright rock ‘n’ roll lights of the London music scene, she returns a number of times to visit her family. Her father is played by Paddy Considine who gives a more comedic performance as an over-the-hill/comeback musician but also a very loving father.

Considine himself is no stranger to the Midlands either, appearing as he does in celebrated local filmmaker Shane Meadow’s films. Meadows cast Considine in several shorts, as well as his second film A Room for Romeo Brass (1999). In that he co-stars with BAFTA-winning actress and Nottingham-born Vicky McClure, another Meadows regular who broke through in This Is England.

Following that, Considine appeared as the star of Meadows' Dead Man's Shoes (2004), a film he also co-wrote and won the Best British Actor award at the 2005 Empire Awards.

There’s some personal connections of my own in the film too. At one point in her up and coming career her character is assigned to cover the Manic Street Preachers at Birmingham’s Edwards No. 8 music venue. Our Blondes Make the Best Victims tour from 2006 (a quote from celebrated Alfred Hitchcock) took us all over the region and from my (hazy) memory, we had a cracking gig at the venue. (see our flyer – probably done in Paint - below).

And heck, she even mentions a Wurlitzer during one of her conversations which was the name of the first band I was ever in! Small world. Well, for me anyways. And although we never got covered by Moran herself, we did find ourselves on the end of a few scathing reviews. LOL

However, it is a shame that a scene recreating the famous Edwards No 8 was actually shot outside of the area at the Koko venue. Edward’s hasn’t been there for some years now – it’s now an office space, yawn – but it’s still a shame that the replacement was London-based.

But after that little walk down memory lane let’s get back to the film in question. The cast and crew of the film spent more time shooting in the locality on the Warstones estate – near to where the Wolverhampton writer was actually raised.

Other locations also include various spots around the city centre, the Civic buildings and the Wolverhampton train station where Feldstein begins her journey away from her home, physically and metaphorically.

And so what’s next for wonderful Wolverhampton? Well, the glamour hasn’t stopped yet as there’s even more productions heading its way.

A new period drama called 'Small Axe' is being filmed by Oscar and BAFTA winning writer and director Steve McQueen. This six part series will tell five stories set within London's West Indian community. It’s now time for the Midlands to be a stand-in for London for a change! Hurrah!

The series features superstars John Boyega (Star Wars trilogy, Detroit) and Black Panther's Letitia Wright alongside Alex Jennings and Line of Duty actress Rochenda Sandall.

How To Build a Girl is available on Amazon Prime Video from 24 July.