DEVOTED fans of Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio packed out cinemas across Sussex yesterday for the opening of his new movie.

DiCaprio, who shot to super-stardom after starring in Titanic, drew record crowds to Leicester Square when he attended the royal premier of The Man in the Iron Mask this week. And even though his fans in Sussex had to make do with a celluloidversion of their idol, nobody was complaining. Alan Mason, manager of the Odeon in Brighton, said hundreds of tickets had been snapped up for this weekend's screenings, with dozens of young children trying to get into the 12-certificate movie.

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