For all her bluster, Evie has returned to set. Duke is aware of her behind the monitors, catching glimpses of her between takes. She’s got her sunglasses on now and looks ready for the slopes. Duke wonders if she does actually ski. He’s spent time with Kate Hudson and her family in Aspen – they get on like a house on fire, and he loves Kurt and Goldie, they’re a real laugh. They’d like Evie, understand her tortured-artist routine.

Okay, that’s peculiar. Thinking about Evie on holiday with him is creepy.

He glances across to where she’s stood again. She looks up. He turns away. Hmm. He’s still going to give her a wide berth. Apparently she isn’t off home like she threatened earlier, but still, their worlds should probably remain separate.

‘Hey,’ a voice says from behind him when they break for lunch. ‘Hey!’

He turns. Evie. So much for that wide berth. He takes off his own sunglasses and sees immediately that she’s mad. No surprises there, then. It’s her default state.

‘Hey, me?’ he asks, incredulous.

‘Have you seen this?’ she asks, handing him her phone. It’s a text thread, with the name Magda at the top. The last message says: Erm, okay girl. Talk FAST please!! Then there’s a link to a gossip site. He takes off a glove and opens it. The headline reads: DUKE CARLISLE TAKES A WRONG TURN WITH EXPLOSIVE AUTHOR FIGHT ON THE SET OF ON THE ROMANTIC ROAD.

There’s a series of photographs of them from six hours ago, outside the make-up trailer, with Evie gesticulating wildly and Duke looking half amused, half pissed off. He moves his body to shield the phone from the glare of the sun, and squints to read the piece:

Hollywood heartthrob Duke Carlisle was pictured having what appeared to be a heated exchange with a colleague on the set of his new movie today.

The Anywhere You Go star, 37 – wowing in a snug grey tracksuit and form-fitting T-shirt – was said to have entered a war of words that ended in tears.

Author Evie Bird, 36 – looking pale and unkempt in exclusive photographs taken just hours into filming on location in Würzburg, Germany – stormed out of a trailer after a blazing row, sources revealed. The movie in question is an adaptation of her romance novel On the Romantic Road, with Duke playing lead character George.

Handsome Duke clearly isn’t known for keeping the ladies of his latest movie happy, as he’s also fresh out of a break-up with his co-star Daphne Diamond. She was caught cavorting with married director Brad Beckonoff not long after filming in London commenced, and their affair is believed to be ongoing. Brad is married to Caterina Falange, and they have three young children.