Hollywood comes to Leeside for premiere

A FIRST-TIME Irish director fulfilled his own promise to put his home town on the Hollywood map by holding the star-studded world premiere of his first movie in Cork last night.

Hollywood comes to Leeside for premiere
Tue, 20 Nov, 2007 - 00:00
Eoin English

Mark Mahon led Michael Madsen and Vinnie Jones, the lead stars of his award-winning feature film, Strength and Honour, along 100 metres of red carpet as Leesiders got a taste of Hollywood glitz and glamour.

“To be honest, it’s just so surreal,” a clearly proud and delighted LA-based Mahon said.

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