In 1994, Colin Farrell is an 18-year-old looking to break through.
Her debut as a model on Irish television could have fallen into world broadcasting limbo, if Greg Molly, a TV archivist, had not found this little nugget.
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While scanning some old VHS tapes, he came across this clip of young Colin, posing in a red thong on an Irish talk show.
The Irish Sun previously published photos of the forgotten apparition last April, but it wasn't until last week that the full video was revealed in all its glory.
We can therefore see Colin Farrell participate in a subject on Christmas lingerie.
The animators Marty Whelan and Ciana Campbell, accompanied by the columnists Tony Tormey and Paddy Murray, must give their opinion on the string thus exposed.
"First, we have Colin, very scantily dressed...", we hear in the preamble.
The young man is then joined on stage by a woman also dressed in red lingerie.
The ladies on set, visibly delighted with the little performance, ask, "Turn around Colin, please" - causing the model to strut.
The animator, stunned, said: "My God, he turned around", without considering for a single moment that he was facing a future Hollywood superstar.
After which he asks him “No Colin, don’t look back anymore”.
“Wow.
Look at this.
He has a great body."
Colin Farrell wanted to be a football player at the time, but his athletic skills weren't up to snuff.
After an unsuccessful audition for Irish band Boyzone, he enrolled at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, which he dropped out after landing his first major role in
the
BBC1 soap opera
Ballykissangel
in 1998 .
The actor is now up for the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in
The Banshees of Inisherin
.
He has not yet reacted to these images.
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