Paul Mescal is one of the most famous and well-respected actors in the film making industry right now, but above everything else, he is Irish.
More importantly still, he is a GAA man, someone who not only loved Gaelic football but actually excelled at it, previously captaining the Kildare minor team.
Unfortunately, the world of acting had no room for Gaelic games, as he discovered during his last year at Drama School.
While promoting his new movie Gladiator II, Mescal appeared on Hot Ones the YouTube show where famous people attempt to talk about their lives, while sampling some of the spiciest hot sauces on the market, Mescal explains why he had to stop playing Gaelic football.
"So I have broken my nose, my jaw, and my fingers playing it, but I had broken my jaw two days before starting my final year in Drama School.
"That was kind of a wake up call to be like, they don't go hand in hand unfortunately. It doesn't really pan out that way."
So the Irishman's playing days are officially over, but he does have some fond memories, one of which involves County Down, and their rather humorous chant.
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"There is a county in Ireland called Down, and their famous chant is, when you get into Croke Park, they will have a portion of the crowd going 'Up Down.'
"It's an easy one, and I remember as a child finding that way funnier than it was, because you have a bunch of adults screaming 'Up Down' at the top of their lungs.
"The counties would normally sing songs, so like Kildare fans would sing the Curragh of Kildare."
Mescal will have put Down on the map with those comments, so don't be surprised if you have American tourists ask you where the county is, and you would be doing everyone a disservice if you didn't point above and say it's on "up" the country.
Of course depending on where you live, this might not be the case, but do it for Mescal's inner child if nothing else.
