Emma Fogarty: ‘My friendship with Colin Farrell started over a bowl of mashed potato and some misplaced onions’

In an extract from her new memoir, the EB campaigner describes the snowy day in Dublin in 2010 when she first met the Hollywood star, marking the start of their deep friendship

The minute Colin Farrell sat down, I knew I was going to like him. The best way I can put this is he looks like a star and he walks like a star, but when Colin opens his mouth to talk, the Hollywood falls off him. That suave celebrity you see in movies and on the red carpet? In reality, he is a darling.

I’d spent weeks finding a dress – red, gorgeous. I’d spent ages getting ready, full make-up, hair. I hadn’t choked much in years, but I wasn’t taking the chance of spluttering all over Colin Farrell, so

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