A tulip farm in Norfolk is bracing for an influx of film fans after it was revealed it played a crucial role in the filming of the new Wicked starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

Belmont Nurseries, near King’s Lynn, has seen Bollywood flans turn up to recreate the scene of romantic ballad Dekha Ek Khwab from the film Silsila.

But the couple behind the nine million tulips are now preparing for the hordes of Wicked fans to visit the field.

Mark and Susanne Eves were first approached in 2022 after a viral video of their field was seen by the film’s director, Jon M Chu, looking for a set for the Wizard of Oz story.

“I’m still pinching myself that we got involved,” Mr Eves said The Times.

The couple first began opening their tulip fields to the public in 2021 as a way to deal with the number of people trespassing on their land.

They decided to open the fields during the two weeks that tulips bloom which are in April and May.

Wicked Movie, with Ariana Grande, right, as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba

Belmont Nurseries, near King’s Lynn is bracing for an influx of film fans after it was revealed it played a crucial role in the filming of the new Wicked starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo

They decided to open the fields during the two weeks that tulips bloom in April and May to raise money for Tapping House, their local hospice that had cared for their friend’s son in his last weeks. Image: Farm workers check a field of tulips near King’s Lynn in Norfolk

This was to raise money for Tapping House, their local hospice that had cared for their friend’s son in his final weeks. So far they have raised thousands of pounds.

Mrs Eves said: “We get a lot of Indian and Asian populations who want to recreate some Bollywood songs,” Mrs Eves said. “We have a wide range of visitors to the field.”

After the two weeks, the tulips are decapitated to ensure the bulbs are strong enough to “force” flowers to grow under glass in the off-season.

The fields were seen by Hollywood producers as the Wicked production team worked on the film’s sets, with Mr Eves filming the fields using a drone and posting the footage online.

A Scout visited the farm and it was when they saw the daffodil field that they “fell in love with it”, Mrs Eves said.

The film’s production designer, Nathan Crowley, told Variety magazine that each bulb cost about $0.04 and that the tulips were comparable in price to using special effects, meaning it cost Universal Pictures about $360,000 in bulbs alone.

Unfortunately, none of the film’s stars played their scenes in the fields, but that didn’t stop locals from gossiping about seeing Ariana Grande in a local butcher’s

The film’s production designer, Nathan Crowley, told Variety magazine that each light bulb cost about $0.04

A village from the fictional kingdom of Munchkinland has grown out of the ground in the Chilterns

The film set has been erected in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, for the Hollywood adaptation of the hit musical Wicked

Singer Ariana Grande (right) has been cast as Glinda the Good Witch, while Cynthia Erivo (left) will play Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. Pictured: The couple leaving Ronnie Scott’s in London on April 7

Unfortunately, the field the filmmakers wanted to use in Norfolk did not have the ideal conditions for the flowers.

Mrs Eves said: ‘My husband had quite a few sleepless nights thinking about what it was going to look like, and then luckily it was all in its glory. It was quite stressful.

Unfortunately, none of the film’s stars played their scenes in the fields, but that didn’t stop locals from gossiping about seeing Ariana Grande in a local butcher’s shop.

She said: ‘It’s surprising how quickly rumors and village Facebook pages fill up. We didn’t see any of the stars but we took the directors with us to the local pub.

When it came to filming the movie, the Eves and their daughter all appeared as extras standing among their flowers.

But those who want to see the tulip field will be disappointed to find out that it is not a canola field.

When the film was finally released last week, Mrs Eves admitted she found it emotional.

She said: ‘I loved it and I cried at the end. I don’t know if it was the feeling of the whole experience coming to a crescendo.’

She also said that their multi-colored tulip fields are shown at the beginning and end of the first film.

Since people have learned of the field’s role in the film, they said their website has been flooded with traffic and they believe tickets will sell out very quickly for next year’s opening.

Tapping House hospice needs to raise £4.1 million each year to stay open and the £320,000 raised this year by the tulip fields will fund a month’s worth of hospice care.