Lowell Mayor Edward "Bud" Caulfield, gets into the action with his aide, Diane Bujnowski on the set of The Fighter in Lowell.

Actor Mark Wahlberg stopped between rounds of filming to pose for a photo with the Lowellians.

Filming of the Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund bio-pic has wrapped. The feature length film set in Lowell will be released in 2011. The movie stars Wahlberg as Ward, Christian Bale as Eklund, Melissa Leo as their mother and Amy Adams as Wahlberg's love interest.

Even though the celebrities have departed, the excitement is still in the air in and around Lowell. Send you pics and encounters with any of the Hollywood heavy weights to rbriere@lowellsun.com or visit www.lowellsun.com/thefighter