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“Robert De Niro’s actually coming to Manchester?"

At the beginning of this week, it was a frequently-asked question. Even the night before, there was scepticism that Mr De Niro would actually make it to the city.

Ahead of his flying visit, rumours of the A-lister’s trip was a hot topic within property circles.

But fears of a last-minute cancellation were dismissed when 200-or-so invitees to the launch of Nobu Manchester on Tuesday morning (November 11) saw the actor and director for themselves.

And for all the chatter around De Niro’s arrival, it took just two words for the newly-adopted Mancunian to win his audience over.

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Flying in from Amsterdam that morning, part of a whistle-stop European tour to pro

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