The black cat that stopped momentarily filming of the Anne Fontaine-directed The Grandmothers

Scene stealer ... The black cat comes from nowhere and wanders in to the filming of a scene for "The Grandmothers" with Ben Mendelsohn. Picture: John Grainger Source: The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph reports

Filming on the Aussie-based romantic drama The Grandmothers was momentarily halted this week when an uninvited visitor strolled into proceedings.

The cast, including Ben Mendelsohn, Naomi Watts and Robin Wright, watched on in bemusement as a black cat wandered on to the Sydney set before scampering away.

But not before animal loving Mendelsohn stopped the traffic to make sure the well-groomed moggie safely negotiated the inner city street.

It temporarily stopped the cameras rolling on the raunchy drama which has been shooting at Seal Rocks for the past three months under the guidance of French director Anne Fontaine, who is making her first foray into English-language filmmaking.

The movie's topic ruffled some feathers. The film, based on the book of the same name, has Watts' and Wright's characters falling in love with each other's sons.

The younger men are played by Australians Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville. Samuel is known from The Twilight Saga series and Frecheville shot to fame in Animal Kingdom.

Naomi Watts and Robin Wright in bikinis frolic with Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville in The Grandmothers at Sea Rocks

Looking sexy ... Naomi Watts (purple bikini) and Robin Wright with Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville finish filming a scene for The Grandmothers at Lighthouse Beach, Seal Rocks. Picture: Robert Mckell Source: The Daily Telegraph

Joel Christie, The Daily Telegraph, reports

For a town known for being little more than a quiet fishing village, Seal Rocks has suddenly got a whole lot steamier.

The picturesque mid-north coast town was again in lights, camera, action mode yesterday amid the second week of shooting for controversial film drama The Grandmothers, with leading ladies Naomi Watts and Forrest Gump actress Robin Wright turning heads during a frolic in the surf with their younger co-stars.

It's the best look yet at a story that is set to polarise - the pair playing best friends who unwittingly start sleeping with each others sons, played by Xavier Samuel (who falls for Wright) and James Frecheville (who falls for Watts).

"It's a confronting story but something a lot of women will be able to relate to, even if that's just on an extremely tiny level," a set source said.

"It's that classic case of giving in to your emotions."

The first English-language film by French director Anne Fontaine, who is renowned for Hollywood hit Coco avant Chanel, the flick is scheduled to continue filming for the next six weeks in a production estimated to inject over $1 million into the local economy.

Watts gang to have summer in Sydney

Aussie actress Naomi Watts and her beau Liev Schreiber arrive in Sydney with their sons for the summer. Picture: Oceanic Source: Supplied

The Daily Telegraph reports

HAVING endured a white Christmas and New Year at their New York townhouse, Naomi Watts and her family returned to Oz this week for what will be an extended stay in Sydney.

The 43-year-old actress, her partner of almost seven years Live Schreiber and their two sons Sasha, 4, and Sammy, 3, were all smiles as their long-haul flight landed at Kingsford-Smith, although we are yet to give them the summer they hoped for.

They enjoyed an Australia Day lunch at the Point Piper apartment of Big Apple friends Kristy Hinze and her husband Jim Clark (plus their newborn daughter Dylan) and Confidential understands Watts et al are searching for an eastern suburbs rental to settle in to for the next few months.

J. Edgar star Watts, who recently signed as the new ambassador for Jacobs Creek wines, is due to begin filming The Grandmothers in Sydney with Forrest Gump's Robin Wright next month.

Watts spoke out in an interview last week about how she and Schreiber plan everything around their children.

"No matter what, mothers will always punish themselves if they work," she said. "Liev and I try to take turns (to make films) and it's worked so far."We've probably only overlapped by a couple of weeks once or twice which is very fortunate because our family is the most important thing," she said.

"Our children go everywhere with us. But then my sister-in-law, who works at least 10 hours a day, only gets to see her daughter for two hours in the morning and then she's asleep at night when she comes home. So we probably spend more time with our kids than the average person."