O’Dowd: I turned to comedy to spice up love life

Actor Chris O’Dowd has told how he turned to comedy to spice up his love life.

O’Dowd: I turned to comedy to spice up love life

The 33-year-old Co Roscommon star has become an unlikely global heart-throb since Bridesmaids became a hit at the box office.

But the 6ft 4in actor, who is featured on the cover of next month’s Tatler Man, said Irish girls weren’t impressed by his charm when he was a teenager in his hometown of Boyle: “When I was about 13 I realised girls weren’t going to kiss me because I was a gigantic, weird-looking creature from the depths. I was 6 foot, aged 11.

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