Leicester’s fairytale season certainly got a lot of people talking, and undoubtedly a few more fans all around the world who started following the club’s exploits more closely.
Whether those have just adopted the Premier League champions as their second team or are now outright Foxes is another question altogether, but the fanbase is undoubtedly growing.
Wednesday night’s 3-0 Champions League win over Club Brugge in Belgium will have got a lot of people excited, and the prospect of seeing Claudio Ranieri’s side in the knockout round will draw even more viewers to see how far they can go.
Some might even tune in from across the Pacific Ocean, as even Hollywood actors have caught Leicester fever, as explained by Michael Peña.
The 40-year-old actor, known for his appearances in The Martian, Ant-Man or alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in End of Watch, gave an interview to GQ France ahead of his new film Collateral Beauty, and football was part of the conversation.
Asked if he followed the sport, Peña said: “My dad was a semi-professional footballer in Mexico. I follow the European leagues: I love Messi and Barcelona, but also Leicester, the team who won the English league this year… Because they’re the perfect outsiders”.
With a Jamie Vardy film in the works stateside, what’s the bet the Chicago-born actor would jump at the opportunity for a role in it somewhere?
