Emer McLysaght: When the stars come to town, all bets are off
Nothing sparks a small Irish town into life quicker than the arrival of a few Hollywood A-listers to shoot their latest movie
“McDreamy, fancy a cuddle?” This was the offer festooned on the back of a billboard truck, trundling around the outskirts of Dublin recently, in an effort to catch the eye of Patrick Dempsey. The American actor, best known for his role as Derek ‘McDreamy’ Shepherd on medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, is in Ireland to film the Disney movie Disenchanted.
The billboard wasn’t the work of an eager fan – although Dempsey has plenty of those. ...