IN scenes more familiar to the streets of Hollywood, Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle was mobbed by autograph hunters and the media — at a quiet club in Radcliffe!
Danny, aged 52, whose film Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars, was besieged by fans hoping to meet Radcliffe’s famous son at St Mary’s Catholic Social Club, in Pine Street, today.
He said: “This is amazing. You expect it when you’re on the red carpet and in LA, but you don’t expect it here in Radcliffe.”
Danny, a former pupil of St Mary’s RC Primary School and Bolton’s Thornleigh Salesian College, joined his father, Frank, sister Maria, and other relatives and friends at the club to show off his Oscar award for best director.
He had carried the golden statue in a “non-descript blue bag” — instead of the Marks and Spencer carrier bag he had used to take his BAFTA and Golden Globe awards there two weeks earlier.
Full story in The Bury Times on Thursday
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article