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'Conan O'Brien's unexpected yet impressive cameo on TG4's Irish language soap opera "Ros na Rún" won the approval of Irish actor Andrew Scott.

Scott, who grew up in Dublin, was on O'Brien's podcast this week to plug his upcoming D-Day thriller "Pressure," in which he co-stars with fellow Irish actor Kerry Condon.

Opening their conversation, O'Brien got straight down to business: his 2024 cameo on "Ros na Run."

"You're joking me," an understandably surprised Scott said when he learned O'Brien was on the Irish language show.

"All my lines are in Irish - well, what we used to call Gaelic - but they're all in Irish," O'Brien recalled.

When Scott asked if he had to learn the Irish lines phonetically, O'Brien jokingly replied: "They had cue cards that a horse could read."

The duo agreed that Irish is "the most insane language" and "completely crazy."..

The conversation then pivoted to O'Brien and Scott's understanding and embrace of the Irish sense of humor.

Later, O'Brien treated to Scott a viewing of his Irish language cameo, prompting hearty laughs.

"There was no way to be cool in that scene," O'Brien admitted afterward.

'Andrew Scott is teaming up with Doctor Who's Russell Tovey for an "emotionally charged" new audio drama. Starlings will be released through Audible on 1 July, and marks Tovey's debut as writer in a story focused on "family estrangement and queer identity".

Scott takes on the role of aspiring forty-something drag queen Donald, who has masked his bitterness for many years with his persona. The character was previously exiled from his northern hometown after his father caught him wearing women's clothes.

Now living in Clapham, he has avoided confronting his past and has instead surrounded himself with a group of friends while exploring his identity.

"When Donald’s enigmatic younger brother, Owen (George MacKay) unexpectedly appears at his door due to their father’s death, Donald is forced to reckon with old wounds as the brothers reunite after years apart," the synopsis adds.