Hollywood star spotted working behind bar of village pub

Hollywood prima Rupert Everett has been moving down the barroom of his colony pub successful a bid to support the doors open.

Everett, known for his roles successful Another Country and My Best Friend's Wedding, has joined a roster of volunteers moving to prevention The Swan, a section pub successful Enford, Wiltshire, that is presently nether menace of closure.

The pub is staffed by a rotation of 30 radical aft it was initially closed erstwhile the erstwhile licensee left.

"There has been an astonishing effort by our assemblage to support this pub open," said the 66-year-old Shrek dependable actor.

"Times are hard for agrarian pubs and this is the bosom and hub of the village. I deliberation that it is important to explicit my support. I person precocious joined CAMRA - the Campaign for Real Ale - arsenic I cognize that existent ale is the lifeblood of pubs some locally and nationally.

"Our tiny section breweries request our help, cask ale indispensable past - it is astir a uniquely British tradition."

Steve Stringer, caput of the Salisbury and South Wiltshire subdivision of CAMRA and an Enford resident, told section media: "I americium excited that Rupert has chosen to enactment the campaign.

"As a person of cask ales, it is lone earthy that helium wishes to articulation america and to spot him down the barroom serving the locals, shows his solidarity with the assemblage effort."