I had an extraordinary experience last week in The Kings Arms, Salford. It was Weds 23rd Feb, (3 days before the Bad LAd Preview at the AMC) and I was watching Neal Bell and Stella Grundy perfoming Kathy Crabbs new play '15 minutres with you' - which was great. However throughout this I was aware of a guy who kept looking at me. Later in the bar he came up to me and asked in an American accent 'Are you Joe O'Byrne?' 'Yeh' 'Wow! I can't believe it, I watched you in a great movie last night - DIARY OF A BAD LAD - Jesus Christ - you scared the shit outta me, I was frightened of asking if it was you - fantastic performance man - better and more real/scarey than Layer Cake' We got chattin, a lovely man and film maker - his name? Bruno Coppola! Can't wait to meet again Bruno and have a few beers, your support since watching Bad Lad has beeen fantastic and really encouraging. JOE