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00:01 COMM: Some people may cross the road if they
saw this man walking towards them.
00:10 COMM: But Maxwell Thorpe has crowds flocking
to hear his angelic voice.
00:18 COMM: The shy 23 year old amateur opera singer
leaves passers-by speechless with his *** jerking renditions of Nessun Dorma and Halleluja.
00:43 COMM: And the modest busker is hoping to further
enhance his natural talent.
MAXWELL: I'd like to show a different way to life, I know this is a gift and it's something
that I'm to share with people. Um, and I can only improve on it, but the more I improve
the more people are going to see the beauty of the voice.
01:18 COMM: But despite his increasing popularity,
Maxwell has no plans to sing to Simon Cowell on X Factor or Britain's Got Talent.
01:28 MAXWELL: I know that there's people that go
on those shows with actual, a real gifts and real talent but I don't feel that's the way
for me.
01:35 COMM: For now Maxwell continues to take his
talents to shopping centres across the North of the UK. But how long can his mercurial
talent stay out of the limelight?