Hollywood star Paul Rudd made a surprise appearance at the Titanic Experience museum in Cobh, Co Cork, yesterday.
The Antman actor's father was a Titanic historian and regaled him with stories about the ill-fated liner growing up.
The museum shared on social media: "We were delighted to welcome Paul Rudd and his family to Titanic Experience Cobh earlier today.
"Paul's family have been regular visitors to Cobh in the past, as Paul's dad (the late Michael Rudd) had a great passion for history and the Titanic story.
"As the last port of call, Cobh has a unique and emotive link to the story and we hope the Rudd family enjoyed our tour and our stories.
"We had a few Antman fans at the experience today and thank you to Paul for being so gracious to his enthusiastic young fans (and the not so young fans!)"
Rudd revealed that he auditioned for the epic film Titanic, but spent his time speaking about the history of the ship instead of acting out his lines.
The Clueless star was in the running for the role of Jack Dawson, which was made famous by Leonardo Di Caprio in the 1997 blockbuster.
"I auditioned for Titanic," Rudd told James Corden in 2016. "I wanted to get the part because my dad was a Titanic historian. He used to go all over the world talking about the Titanic."
On where his audition went wrong, Rudd said, "I went in there talking about what steel they used and where it was built and they were like, 'None of this matters'."
Rudd joked that he didn't mind not getting the part because "the guy that got is was pretty good."
