Film star Robert De Niro is to be the latest big Hollywood name to cross the Atlantic to buy a home in London.
De Niro is buying a $4.7m penthouse suite previously owned by world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, according to newspaper reports.
The Oscar-winning star of hits such as Taxi Driver and The Godfather series was set to move into his new home in the Docklands area next to the River Thames later this year.
It is believed that De Niro wanted a home in London before starting work next March as director of the film About the Boy, based on the novel by British author Nick Hornby.
De Niro joins a growing influx of big-name stars to head for the British capital. Hollywood superstar couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman have a home in London and Madonna has moved to the city with her soon-to-be husband, British film director Guy Ritchie.
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