REAL NAME OF THE GAME

ORIGINAL director Phyllida Lloyd did a test run, shooting the musical with cast members from the stage show to work out logistics of choreography, camera work and song structure.

However, nothing beats improvisation. The moment in the first film when Sophie sits on mum Donna’s lap to have her nails painted? Meryl Streep’s idea.

Another scene sees Meryl jumping high on a bed into the splits — an ‘instinctive’ move she happened to pull off as the cameras rolled.