Voight charms on red carpet

AS the stars gathered for the seventh annual Irish Film and Television (IFTA) awards, one of the most charming and amiable turned out to be the surprisingly charismatic Jon Voight, father of Angelina Jolie, and acclaimed actor in his own right.

He delighted the assembled press pack with stories and antics, saying he was looking forward to catching up with old chums Colin Farrell, Matt Dillon, Aidan Quinn – and of course director John Boorman, who he was there to pay homage to for a lifetime achievement award.

Voight pleased the penned-in press posse by regaling stories of being “drunk out of his mind” after a pint of Guinness and nearly getting run over when in town for the filming of The General, directed by Boorman.