When a well known Gladiator rolls into Derry city on his way to Donegal, there was only one place to take him for a hearty feed – Paul’s Butchers on Culmore Road.
Aussie actor Russell Crowe landed in Derry on Tuesday en route to the Inishowen Peninsula for the opening of the Muff Liquor Company.
Chauffeur Jarlath Malone wrote on Facebook: “When a Gladiator tells you he’s hungry there’s only one place I would take him.
“He said his ciabata was muchius lovelius and next time he’s in Derry he’ll call again for another one.”
Jarlath Malone and Russell Crowe in Derry this week
Paul’s Butchers also took to Facebook to say: “When Russell was in town he had to swing by Paul’s for a Steak Ciabatta meal deal as that’s ‘where everyone told him to go for a good bite on the go’.”
Crowe’s slight diversion to Paul’s could explain a lot for those who were patiently waiting on him in Donegal at the launch of the Muff Liquor Company brand home.
Crowe is now officially one of the ‘Muff Men’ who have invested in the company.
Russell Crowe, Ronan Keating and Ryan Tubridy with Muff Liquor CEO Laura Bonner at the opening the new headquarters in Muff, Co. Donegal. (North West Newspix)
Four other ‘Muff Men’ investors are comedian Jimmy Carr, former RTE Late Late Show presenter Ryan Tubridy, popstar Ed Sheeran and former Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating.
Jimmy Carr couldn’t make the launch night and sent a message, saying: “I’m unfortunately stuck in London but my mind is fixated on Muff!
“I can’t stop thinking about Muff, and not just any Muff, The Muff Liquor in Co Donegal.”
