He may have acted with some of Hollywood's finest and won an Oscar, but the greatest character Robert Duvall has ever met was a Scottish football legend, he said last night.
Duvall, in the UK to promote his movie, Jack Reacher, with Tom Cruise, spoke with awe of meeting the late Jimmy Johnstone, the footballer affectionately known as Jinky.
At the Manchester derby yesterday, Duvall, star of The Godfather and Apocalpyse Now, was asked about his love of football.
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