The owner of the Saltburn mansion can no longer stand TikTok intruders

The main reason why Charles Stopford Sackville, owner of the villa featured in the Saltburn set, agreed to lend his home for filming had everything to do with the monetary compensation promised. However, since the film was released on streaming platforms and gained unprecedented success on TikTok, he has started to regret it. Fans of Emerald Fennell's film and Barry Kehogan's moves to the tune of Murder on the Dancefloor have been filming themselves in front of the main gates of Drayton House, but more than 50 individuals have trespassed beyond the boundary separating public from private land to approach Sackville's gardens. Rhian Williams' TikTok videos showing how to get to the villa have been viewed almost 6 million times, while Tatler and The Guardian articles identified the estate's name before the film's release, even though the entire production team had been instructed not to reveal details. A viral dance and a gripping plot were enough to turn Drayton House into a tourist attraction for view-seekers but a nightmare for the owner, who had to ask staff to patrol the premises to stop trespassers.

Despite Saltburn being one of the most divisive projects of the year, with some loving the performances of Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi and others not appreciating the "scenes," the fact that Dayton House is a fantastic sight is undeniable. Comprising 127 rooms and located in the English Northamptonshire, it has belonged to the Stopford Sackville family since 1770. Over all those years, no director had ever convinced the owners to lend the magnificent rooms for filming a scene, a characteristic that particularly intrigued Fennell's mind for the filming of Saltburn. The baroque-style facade, the maze of bushes, and the enormous staircases leading to the main entrance were perfect allies for the director's gripping plot - but the bathtub was customized by the prop team, FYI. As the film explores the theme of power in relation to sexual freedom and classism alongside a Hollywood it-boy, the project has attracted fanaticism from younger generations, but while some were content to comment online, others ventured to explore the set in person as if it were Universal Studios.