When "When Saturday Comes" comes calling

Matthew Bell on mixing with the stars in an Oasis of cinematic dreams.

Matthew Bell

It’s February 1996. I’m at home doing nothing on a winter’s evening when the phone rings. I answer it. The voice on the other end says: “It’s Sean Bean here.”

Now, I wouldn’t have called myself one of Sean’s biggest pals; I think the last time I had spoken to him at length was outside the bogs at Stamford Bridge (it’s amazing where you bump…