Paris Hilton comes to aid of director pal Sofia Coppola for new flick

Washington: Award-winning director Sofia Coppola sought Paris Hilton`s help when filming her latest movie `Bling Ring,` it has been revealed.

The flick tells the tale of a ring of thieves who stole millions from Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, and others in the 2008-09 Hollywood nightlife scene, Fox News reported. Using stars` own social media updates and the then-new phenomenon of Internet GPS systems, the ring hit their subjects again and again - stealing from Hilton alone five times. Which is why Hilton was happy to let Coppola shoot on-location in her real house for some of the stealing scenes. "[They] stole millions of dollars of my things: Birkin bags, family heirlooms, jewellery that was in my family for years, and then they sold it on Venice Beach like a yard sale," Hilton, who was in Cannes Thursday to help Coppola premiere the movie, told The Hollywood Reporter. ANI