HOLLYWOOD actress Carey Mulligan has revealed that shooting Far From The Madding Crowd has left her exhausted.

The Oscar-nominated star, who plays Bathsheba Everdene in a new adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel, admitted the early starts and outdoor scenes are taking their toll.

Mulligan, who is married to Mumford And Sons' ­frontman Marcus Mumford, stars in the big-screen version alongside Matthias Schoenaerts, Tom Sturridge and Juno Temple.

Sherborne in Dorset has been transformed into a movie set as it doubles as the fictional town of ­Casterbridge.

Work in the town for the film, written by One Day author David Nicholls and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, has included re-dressing shops on Half Moon Street, with their frontages transformed to fit the era.

In August, hundreds of people auditioned for the open casting of the film. Producers sought bearded men who could shear sheep and women with natural hair to play farm workers from the 1840s.