By Cliona Connolly
Cliona@monaghanpost.com

THE CLONES Cyclone, former world boxing champion Barry McGuigan has been a busy bee. He can be seen daily on the ITV reality cooking show Hells Kitchen and it’s been announced that he will star alongside former footballer turned actor Vinnie Jones in a new gangster film being shot in Derry.
The movie The Best Years is written and directed by Derry man Danny Patrick. The film has been described as a gritty, urban realistic flick similar to that of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Ocean’s 11.The story follows the fortunes of criminal empires in Northern Ireland during the troubles and struggle to survive in peaceful times.
The film also stars Superman star Dean Cain, Billy Boyd from Lord of the Rings and Martin Kemp who starred in The Krays and Eastenders. Filming is due to begin this October.
Barry was unavailable for comment this week because he is currently locked away in the Hell’s Kitchen studio as one of the latest celebrities to brave the world of cuisine on the hit show.
Speaking before entering Hell’s Kitchen last Friday, August 31 Barry was planning his cookery tactics “I can do the basics, beans on toast and occasionally spaghetti, but I don’t do it very well.
“I don’t know if it’s from my addled brain from boxing or just an idiosyncrasy, but I find multitasking hard.”
When asked if he was worried about facing the temper of Chef Marco Pierre White, Barry said “I don’t get intimidated - being a fighter you don’t. But he is a big lad. As my father would say, ‘I’d rather keep him for a week than a fortnight!’” Tune into Hells Kitchen shown daily on UTV at 9pm.