Bowling lanes get Skins-full of pesky actors

The new cast of Skins had a ball – or should that be bowl (sorry) – at the press launch of the new series of the E4 drama, which took place at the All Star Bowling Lanes in London last night. In fact, actor Jack O'Connell, who plays the charismatic Cook, was so enamoured with the entertainment that he accidentally went home still wearing his bowling shoes. Despite efforts by his PR handlers to retrieve the shoes and swap them for his proper footwear, O'Connell decided that he actually preferred the bowling shoes and said he wanted to keep them. If O'Connell ends up as big a star as Skins alumnus Dev Patel, now starring in hit movie Slumdog Millionaire, the bowling alley might just have some prized memorabilia on their hands...