{"id":792544,"date":"2026-10-05T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792544\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:56:10","slug":"jack-rowan-its-ridiculous-how-many-people-say-i-look-like-a-hollywood-star-who-was-huge-in-the-80s-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792544\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Rowan: It\u2019s ridiculous how many people say I look like a Hollywood star who was huge in the 80s \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How agreeable are you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">I am very agreeable. I want to please people. The worst thing for me is to upset somebody. When it comes to agreeing to something, I am always up for it if someone else is too. I mean, if someone says, \u201cLet\u2019s just jump off this bridge together,\u201d I\u2019ll say: \u201cYeah, lets do it.\u201d If it\u2019s daredevil stuff I will always do it. If somebody says, \u201cWill we do this?\u201d I always say yes. <\/p>\n<p>What is your middle name and what do you think of it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">My middle name is Jordon. Now that I am older and I get bills to my house it\u2019s funny when I get a letter and Jordon is spelt like Jordan, with an A. I want to say \u201cWho\u2019s that guy?\u201d But I love my middle name. If there was another actor called Jack Rowan, I would have been happy to have gone by Jordon Rowan. <\/p>\n<p>Where is your favourite place in Ireland?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">My grandparents\u2019 house in Co <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/tyrone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/tyrone\/\">Tyrone<\/a>. There is no other place that I feel so safe or loved. My dad is from there, and I loved visiting his family. When you look at a map of the world and you\u2019re looking at certain places I zoom into Co Tyrone and the house and I feel like that\u2019s where I belong. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">My second favourite place is Coral Strand in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/connemara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/connemara\/\">Connemara<\/a>, Co Galway. My last job was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/film\/\">filmed<\/a> there by the coast. Me and my girlfriend drove up and down the Wild Atlantic Way and parked up and watched the sunset. It was just beautiful. <\/p>\n<p>Describe yourself in three words<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Compassionate. I\u2019ve been an actor now for 10 years and you get the luxury of meeting people from everywhere. You\u2019re playing different types of characters and meeting new people and I think that makes you compassionate. I owe acting a lot that way \u2013 and I think I\u2019m kind and caring. <\/p>\n<p>What is your strongest childhood memory?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Playing with my WWE wrestlers. I grew up in the time before kids had phones. I spent a lot of time playing with the only toys I had, which was my WWE wrestlers. It was a world in and of itself. I did storylines, accents, just getting lost in the imagination of it all. I didn\u2019t know it was my introduction to storytelling. Subconsciously it was showing me where my future was going to go. <\/p>\n<p>What have you lost that you would like to have back?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">I suppose as an adult you lose your innocence. You kind of miss the bliss of waking up in the morning and not having adult worries. <\/p>\n<p>Where do you come in your family\u2019s birth order and has it defined you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">I have an older sister. She is eight years older. When I was 10, she was 18. What was great about that dynamic is we never had that period when we fought. I looked up to her as someone who had the answers. Almost like a second mum. When she got older all her friends would come over and she would let me come into the room and we\u2019d all watch movies. It opened up my mind being around older people. I felt like they always had my back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/film\/boys-from-county-hell-a-decent-slice-of-irish-bog-horror-1.4637768\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From the archive: Boys from County Hell a decent slice of Irish bog horrorOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p>When do you think you were happiest?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">I strive for happiness all the time. I am an optimistic person. But sometimes things happen that are out of your control. That is always ebbing and flowing. But on my last job filming in Connemara, swimming in the sea, and travelling around. I had a few days off and we just had so much exploring. I was just so happy to be in Ireland. <\/p>\n<p>What do you think happens when we die?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">I think it\u2019s a luxury in life to love people and miss them when they\u2019re gone. When it\u2019s my time to go I would love a moment to tie up any loose ends, to meet those people I have lost and hug them and see them again. To finish my life with no lose ends and tie it all up. <\/p>\n<p>Which actor would play you in a biopic about your life?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It\u2019s ridiculous how many people say I look like Matt Dillon. He\u2019s older than me but I\u2019m going to cheat with my answer. I\u2019m going to flip it and say Matt Dillon, if he was younger than me. <\/p>\n<p>What is your biggest career\/personal regret?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">When I was a kid I did karate. I was really good at it and it was getting really serious. I don\u2019t know why but one day I burst into tears and begged my mum not to bring me and I never went back. It was just a loose end, and I would love nothing more than to say right now that I had a black belt. I loved The Karate Kid growing up. If I did a karate movie that would be a great excuse to start again. There\u2019s still time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How agreeable are you? I am very agreeable. I want to please people. 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