Paul Rudd
Actor
New York, USA
In the last couple of years, the U.S.-Irish Alliance has gotten very, very inclusive. Six years ago when the group (designed to promote the artistic flow between America and Eire) kicked off the Oscar Wilde: Honoring the Irish in Film kudos, they actually honored Irish and Irish-Americans who have had success in all aspects of moviemaking.
Cut to Thursday night. The evening’s big honoree at the Wilshire Ebell Theater was Paul Rudd, a self-described “Russian-Jewish boring person who grew up in Kansas.”
And who showed up to present him the award? Julia Roberts (also not Irish), who giggled, “This is so crazy, really, Paul Rudd – Paul McRudd – is Jewish, not Irish!”