While Dublin played host to Ed Sheeran on Thursday, Belfast had another A-lister in its midst - Oscar winner Morgan Freeman.
Speculation was rife as to whether the Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby star was filming or on a city break.
Freeman was in London recently promoting new film Going in Style and may have decided to take a trip, with the Belfast Telegraph reporting that a member of his family is studying at university in Northern Ireland.
The queues have started already (opening April 2018!!) to get into our Maldron Hotel Belfast City & look who's first in line #morganfreeman pic.twitter.com/Pa3CjIRH7P
— Maldron Hotels (@MaldronHotels) April 13, 2017
The Irish News reported that the screen legend posed for photos with residents of the Short Strand in East Belfast.
Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman has been spotted filming in Brunswick Street, Belfast 😲😀Credit: @TunesCfc via Twitter. #CelebSpotting pic.twitter.com/iSZ4ZNyO0w
— goQradio (@goQradio) April 13, 2017
"He was an absolute gentleman," Short Strand resident Dan Walsh told the paper.
"He was very laid back and had a good sense of humour."
Can't believe Morgan Freeman was in Belfast and no-one asked him to be First Minister
— Clíona McCarney (@clionamccarney) April 13, 2017
U105 listeners have been getting selfies with #MorganFreeman in the Short strand, East Belfast! pic.twitter.com/3KXlqSadYX
— U105 (@U105radio) April 13, 2017
Lest we forget that one of Freeman's most famous lines in The Shawshank Redemption involved Irish roots...
