RUSSELL Crowe said on the Late Late Show on Friday night that he was looking forward to a trip to Charlie St Georges in the city and he is a man of his word.
Plus he said he got a much nicer pint in Limerick than he received in RTÉ on Friday night. At 9.20pm on Wednesday night the Oscar winner dropped into the pub on Parnell Street. He was accompanied by over 40 cast and crew from the film The Popes Exorcist. Scenes in the upcoming movie are being shot at Dromore Castle in Pallaskenry.Tom Dore manager said it wasn’t his normal Wednesday night behind the bar.
Russell Crowe and three others just walked in and then a short time later the entourage came along. He bought a couple of rounds. He was extremely generous. It was his tab said Tom who invited Russell behind the bar but the Hollywood great preferred to let the experts pull the pints .He was happy to stand by the tap for a photo. He was drinking Guinness. He said it was a lovely pint. He said that the one he got on the Late Late Show was not a great pint. He was extremely quiet and very nice. One of the regulars got his autograph and he was over the moon said Tom.
It was not the first time the New Zealand born actor has frequented the watering hole. He struck up a deep friendship with one of Limericks most famous sons Richard Harris on the set of Gladiator .Following Richard Harris death in 2002 Russell fulfilled a promise to his great friend to watch a rugby match in Ireland and visit some of the his favourite pubs. Former Limerick Leader editor Eugene Phelan got an interview with Russell back in 2002 click here to read. The owner of Charlie St Georges and the Parnell Plaza Murrough O’Byrne was also there that famous night 20 years ago.
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