Drew Barrymore has swapped her favoured worn jeans and old t-shirt look for some Old Hollywood glamour.

The star stepped on set of her new film Grey Gardens sporting soft curls, lashings of red lipstick and a thigh-skimming playsuit around Centre Island in Toronto, Canada. She plays ‘Little’ Edith Bouvier Beale while Jessica Lange reportedly plays “Big Edie’.

Synopsis: Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Kennedy (both named Edith Bouvier Beale aka “Big and Little Edie”) raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, Grey Gardens. As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world when international tabloids learned of a health department raid on their home, and Jackie swooped in to save her relatives.

Meanwhile, Drew, who split from Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti earlier this year, has quietly started dating actor Justin Long, her costar in the upcoming romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You.

The pair have kept tight lipped about the budding romance, but Long hinted at a recent press conference that his love life is on track.

He said: "I've been very fortunate and I just feel very blessed and happy, and I think things are good personally, not professionally, but personally."

Former wild child Drew revealed that she's ready to start a family of her own.

She said last year: "I definitely feel the beginnings of a tick tock."

"Whether I have children or adopt – whatever form a family comes in, I would absolutely love to have it."