"You're in a headlock before you know it."
Jamie Dornan has confessed that he finds some of his fans back home a bit too much to handle.
The actor returned to Belfast to film the forthcoming BB2 TV series Death And Nightingales.
Speaking to Radio Times, the 36 year old said he loves the city but avoids certain spots because of his die-hard fans.
"You know, Belfast is brilliant now. It's got amazing places to eat, the bars have always been brilliant, the people have always been brilliant."
"There are a few places I would avoid a little bit now because I'm probably more recognised at home than anywhere else in the world and sometimes it's, er ... people with a few drinks in them can be ... well, they're a bit hands on."
"You're in a headlock before you know it. I mean it's the most loving headlock you can imagine, but sometimes you're not up for that when all you want is a quiet drink with your mates."
Jamie Dornan and his wife Amelia WarnerThe star also admitted that his visits to the North are tinged with sadness as his life is now in the south of England.
"A lot of the most important people in the world to me are there - my dad's still there, my best man, one of my sisters and her family live just down the road from my dad ... I found it very nostalgic and quite emotional at times to be back there."
"There's maybe a world where I'd move back, but I live in the Cotswolds now and my wife and my kids are English. I like to tell the kids that they're Irish a lot and keep hoping that they'll say the odd word in my accent but ... they haven't yet."
