LONDON:

Irish actor Colin Farrell was inspired to take up acting as a career after he sneaked into the sets of Far and Away and saw Nicole Kidman working.

Farrell had an immediate crush on Kidman, who was shooting with her then husband Tom Cruise, and he was determined then to do whatever it takes to work in Hollywood. Contactmusic.com reports him as saying, “I remember when Far And Away was shooting in Dublin and I was 11 or 12 years old, I just walked onto the set. It was quite a sight seeing all the big lights and I saw Kidman from a distance, from about 15 yards, and she was gorgeous, striking. It was magical.”