 At the time, the downmarket and seedy area surrounding the station, coupled with urban decay, made it an ideal location.Subsequent early 1990s tabloid coverage of crime and prostitution around King's Cross referred back to the film.Pet Shop Boys released a song titled "King's Cross" on the 1987 album "Actually" and the station was extensively filmed in for the group's 1988 feature film "It Couldn't Happen Here".