Guy adapts to playground role

Guy Ritchie may have hoped to boost his career when he started to spend more time in America.

But as these pictures show, the 35-year-old British director, who is commonly referred to as Mr Madonna, can still find the time to play his most important role.

The man behind the hit film Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels is still trying to recover from the £4million flop that was his collaboration with Madonna in the film Swept Away. But as these pictures show, he still has time to get away from it all. He was spotted during a playful workout with his son Rocco in Central Park, New York. Ritchie did his morning exercise on a slide in the park with the toddler and then, wearing a peaked cap, jeans and a bomber jacket Ritchie pushed three-year-old Rocco up and down a slide.

Rocco, who was wrapped up in a woolly hat, a winter coat with fur collar and jeans, looked to be having a great time with his father. Worn out, he was carried home on his shoulders.

The family have two homes in Britain - one in London and one in Wiltshire - but now spend a large part of their time in America, where Madonna prefers the weather.