Chris O’Dowd: How GAA prepared me for Hollywood

As Chris O’Dowd returns to the pitch, he tells Nicole Glennon about how the GAA prepared him for Hollywood, parenting, and his connection to Ted Lasso via Cork

Actor Chris O'Dowd at the Boyle GAA club in Boyle, Roscommon. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

“I do think GAA is where it all started,” Chris O’Dowd muses.

He’s talking about being a goalkeeper in the moments before a penalty.