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      Lewis Hamilton ‘picks Brad Pitt’s co-star for F1 movie’ in major update after actors put through gruelling auditions

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      LEWIS HAMILTON has selected Brad Pitt’s co-star for his upcoming Formula One movie, according to reports. Seven-time world champion Hamilton has been working on an as-yet-untitled F1 movie.
      Brad Pitt’s co-actor has been selected for the upcoming F1 filmCredit: Getty
      Lewis Hamilton is acting as a producer on the movieCredit: Rex
      According to Deadline, prospective actors have been put through a gruelling selection process.
      This has included auditioning and several days of driving tests.
      And now Hamilton – who is acting as a producer – and filmmakers Jerry Bruckheimer and Joe Kosinski have reportedly made their selection.
      Damson Idris is the person who reportedly has been picked to star alongside Pitt.
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      The 31-year-old played the co-lead in Netflix’s sci-fi action film Outside the Wire and currently stars in crime drama Snowfall.
      The British-Nigerian actor, who was born in Peckham, South London, has also starred in Black Mirror and Casualty.
      On the film selection process, Hamilton told Autosport: “We’re going through a process right now of selecting the character that will be alongside Brad, which is exciting,
      “Basically that’s the process of watching [the auditions]. We have recordings of them doing certain scenes and we got through it.
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      Outside the Wire star Damson Idris will reportedly star in the movieCredit: Getty
      “I’ve sat in the office with Jerry, Joe and Brad and we’ve been watching them and kind of given our inputs and what we think.”
      Hamilton, an outspoken advocate for diversity and inclusion, said he felt a “responsibility” to make his cast diverse.
      He added: “I want to make the movie, in terms of like having diversity and representation, I want it to be as Formula One should be in the future – or should be now, but will be in the future.
      “I want to see female mechanics. We would love to see a female driver. We haven’t gotten to that point just yet. But why not?
      “Right now, we’ve still got the script. We’ve gone through quite a few different iterations of it.
      “We’re still waiting for a new rewrite, and that’s the whole process. But I was doing that throughout Christmas.
      “It’s exciting. I’m excited to get the next end of the script. I was talking to Brad last night about the characters that we have coming.”
      Hamilton launched his entertainment company, Dawn Apollo Films, in October last year.
      Apple have already thrown their support behind the venture.
      Following the move, Hamilton told Deadline: “I’ve always been into movies. I watch a lot. I find it a real escape. There are a lot of movies I find inspiring…
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      “The goal is to make impactful stories and ultimately to inspire people through movies and storytelling.
      “A big part of the new company will be about social impact, community and causes.” More

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      Samuel L Jackson swaps Rangers colours for Celtic and fans say Hollywood A-lister ‘looks happier’ before Old Firm clash

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      DEPENDING on which side of Glasgow’s football galaxy you fall into, Samuel L. Jackson has either just joined the Dark Side – or just left it.The Hollywood star has been filming in Scotland and was spotted in a Rangers jersey earlier this week ahead of the Old Firm derby.
      Samuel L Jackson posing with a Rangers top he signed
      He’s been in West Lothian filming The Marvels but took time out from his busy schedule to pose with and sign a Gers top, which will be auctioned off for two charities, the Emmy Smilie Foundation and Kilbryde Hospice.
      The shirt had his name on the back and the number 23. That number is currently worn by Scott Wright for the Light Blues but it’s perhaps more likely Mr Jackson chose it either for the year (2023) or as an ode to American basketball legend Michael Jordan.
      In an intergalactic twist of fate however, the man known for his portrayal of Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy has now been seen wearing the colours of Rangers’ arch rivals!
      Posing alongside Hoops-daft actor Gianni Capaldi, the A-lister donned a black Celtic tracksuit.

      Actor Capaldi tweeted: “Unleash the FURY. Cmon @CelticFC Big love from @OfficialGianni & a Jedi from the set of #Damaged.
      “#Celtic #Glasgow @FoundationCFC #SamuelLJackson.”
      Needless to say, Celtic fans were loving the fact he’d seemingly switched sides ahead of the big game.
      One commented: “Looks happier in the Celtic top 😂”
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      “Looks like big Sam has come over from the Dark Side…” said another.
      And someone else replied: “So much for the big man being one of them.”
      “Mad Samuel the turncoat,” joked another supporter.
      One evoked the memory of one particularly infamous man to go from green and white to blue…
      “Mo L. Johnston.”
      Now he’s been spotted in the colours of Celtic
      Another punter let out a celebratory “Yass!” while others simply lapped up seeing someone famous in their team’s colours.
      One fan said: “Two legends side by side, love it!”
      Another commented: “Never thought I would a pic of Samuel Jackson in a Celtic jacket.”
      The Star Wars icon isn’t the only Marvel actor to be seen wearing the colours of one of Scottish football’s big two.
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      His Marvel co-star Robert Downey Jnr was famously pictured wearing a Celtic strip a few years ago.
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      I’m UK’s most notorious football hooligan – but I went from fighting on terraces to bestselling author & cult movie icon

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      A MAN who was once one of the UK’s most notorious football hooligans turned his life around to become a bestselling author and cult movie star.Carlton Leach, 64, built up an infamous reputation for fighting on the terraces at West Ham in the 1980s and ’90s, but now leads a life far away from crime.
      Carlton has left the world of gangs and football hooliganism far behind himCredit: Twitter/Carlton Leach
      Carlton Leach gave up his criminal life in 1995 after his friends were killed in a drug-related shooting
      Leach, who was born in Canning Town, East London, got involved in crime at an early age, after joining the brutal Inter City Firm (ICF), who follow West Ham FC, known as the Hammers.
      The gang got its moniker from using InterCity trains to travel to away matches and start fights with the opposition’s fans.
      The ICF became notorious for leaving a business card on the bodies of those they attacked that read: “Congratulations, you’ve just met the ICF.”
      While he was a part of the gang, Leach met drug dealers Tony Tucker, Craig Rolfe, and Pat Tate.
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      The four men later became members of the notorious Essex Boys gang which sparked a savage drug war in the 1990s.
      Leach was one of Britain’s most feared faces during his 20-year career as a criminal.
      However, he decided to turn his back on a life of crime after three of his best friends and gang mates were murdered in a drug-related shooting.
      Tucker, Rolfe, and Tate were all shot during the 1995 Range Rover shooting.
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      The three drug dealers were shot in their car on a small farm track in Rettendon, Essex.
      Leach started telling his story in the hope it would deter others from following in his criminal footsteps.
      In 2003, he wrote his first autobiography called “Muscle” about his experiences as a criminal.
      The ex-footie thug then wrote his second memoir in 2009, titled, “Rise of the Footsoldier: In My Game, the Choice Is a Jail or a Grave,” which detailed his stories of violence, gang crime, and the loss of his best friend.
      In October 2021, Leach released his final, bestselling autobiography, entitled, Carlton: The Final Say.
      The book details his early and criminal life, as well as the two most recent decades of his life since.
      His first memoir was turned into a film in 2007, entitled, Rise Of The Footsoldier by Bafta-award nominated director Julian Gilbey.
      It starred actor Ricci Harnett, who played Leach.

      The British crime and gangster film grossed £220,868 and had a second part made in 2015, that followed Leach in the aftermath of the Rettendon murders.
      The 64-year-old also inspired the 2015 film, Essex Boys: Law of Survival, which detailed the Essex boys gang and Range Rover murders of 1995.
      Carlton was previously a member of the football hooligan gang InterCity FirmCredit: Exclusivepix Media
      Carlton has penned three books about his lifeCredit: Twitter/Carlton Leach More

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      I was one of the UK’s most feared football hooligans… but now I’m a movie producer and worked with an Oscar winner

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      A FORMER football hooligan has revealed his radical life change from prison time to movie production and working with an Oscar winner.Cass Pennant, 65, ran one of the most feared firms in the country before a spell in prison prompted him to turn his life around.
      Cass Pennant co-founded and led the Inter City Firm, which terrorised West Ham matches across two decadesCredit: Getty
      He has turned his life around, after a couple of spells in jail, to become a film producer who has worked with an Oscar winnerCredit: Getty
      Cass, born Carol Pennant in Doncaster, Yorkshire, endured a tough childhood after being abandoned by his parents and fostered by a couple in London.
      He has said that he was “bullied from day one” as he was the only black kid in his area, forcing him to grow up tough.
      The 6ft 4in man mountain, whose nickname was inspired by Muhammad Ali’s real name Cassius Clay, co-founded the Inter City Firm (ICF), the hooligan group associated with West Ham United throughout the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s.
      His love for the club was sparked as a youngster when a neighbour with a season ticket invited him to a game.
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      The gang terrorised Upton Park across two decades, being involved in countless battles with other major firms.
      As dramatised in the 2007 film Rise of the Footsoldier, the ICF were known to leave calling cards on their victims’ battered bodies reading: “Congratulations, you have just met the ICF”.
      Cass went through two stints in jail, both for hooliganism-related offences, and was even shot three times amid a feud with a rival gang.
      It was during his time inside that he decided to get his life back on the rails, and he retired from terrace violence in 2002 and penned an autobiography.
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      At the very start of the book he wrote: “I’ve been involved in more violence than most people will experience in a hundred lifetimes.
      “My favourite weapons were my fists, the axe and Uncle Stan – my trusty Stanley knife.”
      This prompted a series of books documenting life as a hardcore hooligan, as well as an appearance on Danny Dyer’s Bravo doc Real Football Factories.
      The 2008 film ‘Cass’ told the story of his life, and even saw future Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya play a teenage Cass, while the man himself made a cameo as a bouncer.
      Cass has since gone on to work in the film industry as a producer and actor, as well as visiting schools and prisons to help prevent young people getting involved in violent crime.
      In 2015, he told The Evening Standard: “Everyone has more than one path in their life.
      “I am proof that you can turn your life around.
      “I never preach or tell people not to do certain things – it doesn’t work. I just tell them my story and how I tried to make sense of my life through writing books in prison and how that then led to where I am now. I want to open doors for them and open their eyes.”
      Cass has previously cited lifelong Hammers fan and British film star Ray Winstone as a major influence on him.
      He told Hammers News: “One of the most famous actors I can think of that’s a true Hammer is Ray Winstone. Like most of us, I’m a big fan of all his work and always thought he would have been a great fit for the Cass film.”
      The pair even met several times to discuss a role for Winstone, but his other acting commitments meant he wasn’t able to join the cast.
      Cass added: “He was only interested in helping a fellow Hammer who was now making headlines for all the right reasons.
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      “His advice was extremely helpful as I made the transition from the book to the film industry – thanks Raymondo!”
      The former hooligan is also longtime friends with boxer Frank Bruno after both being involved in a brawl against a pair of skinheads by chance.
      The ICF were known for their clashes with rival fans at Upton ParkCredit: Handout More

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      I wolfed down 16 scoops of ice cream on my Home Alone 2 holiday, then Pep subbed me on two days later… I was knackered

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      JACK GREALISH ticked a major item off his bucket list by visiting the locations of his favourite film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.Now the England and Manchester City midfielder is hoping his team can finally achieve something at the top of everyone’s list — the Three Lions to win a major tournament.
      Jack Grealish believes he’s in the form of his life due to extra confidenceCredit: Getty
      Jack Grealish is a huge fan of Macaulay Culkin in the Home Alone movies
      Grealish ordered 16 scoops of ice cream on room service on his New York holiday… just like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone 2Credit: Kobal Collection – Shutterstock
      Grealish goes into the Euro 2024 qualifiers, starting with tomorrow’s big clash against Italy in Naples, in the best form of his career.
      The ex-Aston Villa midfielder has been box office after the World Cup, which included a pre-Christmas trip to the United States where he visited all the filming spots of the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
      Grealish is a fan of Macaulay Culkin who rose to fame as Kevin McCallister and the £100million star even stayed in the Plaza Hotel hotel where the film was set.
      He said: “It was a little bucket-list moment for me.
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      “I stayed in the hotel and you could get some mad room service, like 16 scoops of ice cream — like what he got in the film. I’ve got an addictive kind of personality!
      “I love that film, man. Someone had told me about the tour so we went round Central Park. I felt like a right little tourist.
      “I was in the back of a horse-drawn carriage thing and every now and again someone would say: ‘I swear that’s Jack Grealish’. I was saying: ‘Mate! Quick! Speed up!’
      “It was good to have a few days off. It was difficult going out of the World Cup. I thought we played so well in the whole of the tournament.
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      “People who I play with, who were there with other countries, told me they thought we were going to win it, which is a credit to us.
      “Going out in the quarter-finals in the way we did, it was a game we could have won. So obviously it wasn’t the best.”
      And after his mountain of ice cream, Grealish was shocked to be called into action again so soon after the break by Pep Guardiola at City.
      He said: “The manager gave us eight or nine days off.
      “I didn’t actually do a lot of running or anything because I just felt I needed a little break.
      I thought, ‘There’s no chance I’ll be involved’. Then in the f***ing 70th minute Pep Guardiola tells me, ‘Jack, you’re going on’. I was like, ‘F***ing hell!’ because I was blowing out of my arse!Jack Grealish
      “We went to New York and then I went back into training on the Wednesday and we were playing Liverpool on the Thursday in the Carabao Cup on December 22.
      “I thought, ‘There’s no chance I’ll be involved’. Then in the f***ing 70th minute Pep Guardiola tells me, ‘Jack, you’re going on’. I was like, ‘F***ing hell!’ because I was blowing out of my arse!
      “Luckily we went on to win. I just didn’t think I’d be involved.”
      City beat Liverpool 3-2 in that cup match and since then, Grealish has clearly grown as a player.
      But he wants to contribute even more for England.
      He made five sub appearances in Qatar but did not start a game.
      And Grealish is hoping England can finally deliver  at a major tournament.
      Grealish believes his face finally fits at the Etihad and hopes it will lead to more England starts with Harry Kane and CoCredit: Getty
      Grealish looks to be enjoying himself as he poses with photos for fans at the England training centre at St George’s Park in BurtonCredit: Getty
      Tomorrow, they face Italy, who beat them on penalties in the final of Euro 2020.
      Grealish, 27, said: “We have come close so many times.
      “The last three tournaments have been a semi-final, a final and then the quarters.
      “It is obvious what we want to do and  we are getting better and better. The players are coming through and playing with so much confidence.
      “I feel like the next one really could be our one.
      “Everyone will be in their prime. I actually feel old at the moment but, when I think about it, I will only be 28 at the Euros.
      “It’s no secret we all want to win a tournament — and I do think it is there to be done.”
      Grealish has played 45 games in all competitions for club and country this season — making 28 starts for City.
      He said: “I was speaking to Rio Ferdinand and he asked me, ‘Are  you doing anything different?’ ‘I’m actually not’, I said.
      “I genuinely can’t put my finger  on what it is. I feel I am in the best form, especially since I moved to City.  
      “If you were to ask me one thing I probably would say confidence. At the moment, I just feel a bit like I did when I was at Aston Villa.
      “I feel like one of the main players, it is the fittest I have been, especially since I have been at Man City.
      “That comes down to playing a lot of games on the bounce and playing in big games.
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       “Just making an impact really, scoring against Arsenal and Manchester United, getting assists at Chelsea away and then Arsenal at home in the Cup, big games like that.
      “I’m really confident at the moment.” More

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      OnlyFans racing star Renee Gracie shows off boobs and bum in barely-there string bikini in the pool sending fans wild

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      ONLYFANS star Renee Gracie left nothing to imagination with a barely-there bikini.Renee is an up-and-coming adult film actress, who quit motorsport for her new career.
      OnlyFans star Renee Gracie took social media by stormCredit: Instagram
      Renee Gracie posed with nothing but a barely-there bikiniCredit: Instagram
      Renee Gracie quit motorsport for a career in the adult businessCredit: Instagram @onlyfansreneegracie
      Renee Gracie left her hundred of thousand of followers in aweCredit: Instagram @onlyfansreneegracie
      The Aussie now wows her hundreds of thousands of followers with a series of revealing photos and clips.
      This time the 28-year-old donned a tiny black bikini and walked towards the swimming pool with her figure completely exposed for all to see.
      She issued the following caption on Instagram: “I wanna be in holiday mode forever.”
      That took all of her 166,000 followers by storm as they rushed to the comments’ section.
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      One fan posted: “Gorgeous.”
      Another wrote: “WOW.”
      A third said: “She’s looking dynamite.”
      This fan commented: “Uauuuuu.”
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      And that one posted: “Damn.”
      Renee drove in Aussie Racing Cars, Porsche Carrera Cup Australia and then V8 Supercars before switching to adult films in 2019.
      The Queenslander appears to be enjoying her life and freedom, helped by earning £14,000 a week from OnlyFans.
      Renee Gracie posed with a tiny bikini in front of a swimming poolCredit: Instagram @onlyfansreneegracie
      Renee Gracie shares a raft of glam pics for her followersCredit: Instagram @onlyfansreneegracie
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      I knocked down Muhammad Ali, fought a BEAR, went to jail for drug possession and inspired the Rocky films

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      HE knocked down Muhammad Ali, twice fought a bear and was sentenced to 10 years in jail.The real-life inspiration for the Rocky movies really had some tough times.
      Chuck Wepner has had a statue erected in his honour after an amazing lifeCredit: Getty
      Wepner put Ali down in the ninth round of a contest that led to a viewer watching on closed-circuit Tv in an LA movie theatre to write a screenplay for RockyCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Chuck Wepner, 83, broke his nose nine times in 16 years and was known as the Bayonne Bleeder because such messy injuries were his hallmark.
      And for the man who joined the Marines aged 15, his incredible experiences make those of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa character seem like a week in a kindergarten.
      Chuck told the BBC: “Where I grew up, there were always two or three gangs.
      “And more or less you had to go up there and beat up the toughest guy to survive, which I did. I’d have a fight almost every week.”

      Following three years in the Marines he had 52 pro fights, winning 36 and succumbing to all-time greats like Ali, Sonny Liston and George Foreman.
      Liston gave him 71 of the 328 stitches he believes he’s had over the years – always with only ice to dull the pain.
      Wepner says he always gave everything in the ring: “Jesus, absolutely. I would go in there ready to die.”
      And with real Rocky undertones he added: “Matter of fact, after the Liston fight, I was in a semi-coma and I was in shock.
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      “My doctor told my mother I was pretty banged up. I really thought about whether I wanted to continue.
      “But then I thought, I gotta try, I gotta try again. I gotta give it one more shot.”
      And it was such spirit, as a 10-1 outsider against Ali, that inspired one spectator to dash off to write the screenplay for Rocky, which became the most popular film of 1976.
      Wepner became only the fourth person to floor the iconic Ali.
      But, to the dismay of a crowd who had switched sides to roar him on, he was stopped 19 seconds from the end of the full 15 rounds.
      Denying claims from Ali’s camp that their man had tripped when sent to the canvas in his ninth-round moment of fame, Wepner said: “Strike me dead, I dropped him.
      “I hit him with that punch and you can hear it on the replay, He was off balance and I dropped him and he knew it.”
      But he added: “I could see his eyes and I thought, I’ve really got him angry now! That’s when he started counter punching and swearing at me.”
      Wepner went on to fight wrestling legend Andre “The Giant” Rene Roussimoff, against whom he was counted out in a staged fight.
      Fans had turend from backing Ali to brave underdog Wepner but he was stopped just 19 seconds fromt he end of the 15th and final roundCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Then came two bouts with Victor the performing bear.
      Victor was so riled by continuous jabs to the head that he hurled Wepner across the ring.
      But the American revealed a darker side began looming in his life as he turned to “solving problems”.
      He said: “Let’s say I did a couple favours for friends of mine, you know.
      “I used to go around and ask people politely [about the money they owed] and then maybe I have to smack them in the face or something.”
      After retiring from boxing in 1979, Wepner admits he took cocaine – one reason he failed an audition for Rocky II.
      And in 1986 he was jailed for 10 years for possessing drugs – only to be treated as a hero by inmates and paroled after three years.
      He explained: “Give me a break. It was fine.
      “Everywhere I went, the guys were singing: ‘Champ, Champ!’ and saying to me, ‘How are you doing, Chuck?'”
      Wepner then won an undisclosed sum after suing for not being credited in the Rocky franchise.
      And now he’s got a statue in his honour.
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      Not quite the equivalent of one of the three Oscars the first Rocky film won.
      But it’s still worthy recognition for a man whose character helped sculpt one of the most famous sporting characters in cinema history. More

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      Jack Grealish gets over England World Cup heartbreak by retracing Home Alone 2 on trip to New York with Sasha Attwood

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      ENGLAND star Jack Grealish has been getting over the exit from the World Cup by taking a trip to New York City.The midfielder went to the city with his partner Sasha Attwood and spent time retracing scenes from Christmas movie favourite Home Alone 2.
      Jack Grealish did a Home Alone inspired tour of New York CityCredit: Instagram / @jackgrealish
      He was the Dipway Arch in Central Park which is featured in the filmCredit: Instagram / @jackgrealish
      Grealish went with his partner Sasha AttwoodCredit: Instagram
      Attwood was in Qatar, showing her support for England and GrealishCredit: Getty
      Like the movie’s main character, Kevin McCallister, Grealish visited the Dipway Arch in Central Park and the Rockafella Centre Christmas tree.
      He posted pictures of his adventure to his Instagram story and captioned the first picture with the message: “If you know me, you know how much I love Christmas and Home Alone.
      “So absolutely buzzing I could come to New York at Christmas time and basically just see everywhere Kevin went”.
      He first visited the Plaza Hotel, which Macaulay Culkin’s character stays in after he accidentally travels to New York and is separated from his family.
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      Grealish then went to the ice rink in Central Park, which is the setting for the movie’s villains, Harry and Marv, when they discover Kevin is in the city.
      He captioned that picture with: “Little tour round Central Park, Harry and Marv ice rink”.
      This was then followed by a visit to the Dipway Arch and then the famous Rockefeller Christmas tree.
      Each of Grealish’s pictures were then followed by a similar shot from the 1992 film.
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      Grealish has some time off after England were knocked out of the World Cup by France in the quarter-final stage.
      After his holiday, he will link back up with his Manchester City team-mates for the remainder of the Premier League season. More