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Jamie Dornan reveals he cried when visiting a pub he worked in before Hollywood career

Jamie Dornan has admitted he was emotional when he returned to the pub he worked in before getting his big career break.

The Northern Irish actor, 40, opened up on his time as a barman in London prior to his success in Hollywood and even joked he was better behind the bar than he is in the studio.

Speaking to James Corden on The Late Late Show, the 50 Shades of Grey actor explained how he moved to London as he tried to get a break in the industry and took up a role as a barman at Tattersall Tavern in Knightsbridge.

When the Gavin & Stacey star implied he thought the actor would be good behind the bar, Jamie said: "Probably better than I am an actor, yeah. But yeah, it was kind of a bleak time to be honest. I loved working in a bar."

Jamie Dornan worked at a bar in London before his career in Hollywood took off (PA)

But he explained his dislike for rude customers. He continued: "One guy used to come in everyday and click his fingers at me...

"It was a bad time... I honestly will never forget the guys face. What a p****, anyway..."

He went on to discuss how he used to think "one day" he would make it when working there as he watched on as footballers and Miss World women would pass by as he took out the rubbish "covered in bin juice".

But he explained the emotions he felt the first time he returned to the pub with his wife 19 years after quitting.

Jamie said how he had asked her if they could pay it a visit and admitted: "I had a wee cry actually. It was emotional. It hasn't changed at all. The pub is exactly the same."

The actor has been featuring in a Pro-Am golf competition alongside Niall Horan and Bill Murray this week.

The two day golf competition got underway in Ireland on Monday and Jamie and the former One Direction singer made their debuts as the competition returned for the first time in 12 years.

Jamie Dornan outside the pub he worked at in London (Instagram)

Jamie described how it was an "incredible honour" to be playing in front of the 40,000-strong crowd and told Virgin Media: "I think we are all very aware of how fortunate we are to be here."

The event was first launched in 1990 by Irish businessman JP McManus who wanted to raise money for charities in Ireland.

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