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An Anchorman pub crawl has received the shock of a lifetime - when the stars of the movie dropped by to booze with them.

Party-loving Will Ferrell – the man behind Ron Burgundy – shocked Dublin punters by turning up and staying with them for FIVE pints.

Other Anchorman stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner also jumped onto the Christmas pub crawl and downed jars of Guinness to relax after a gruelling series of day-long interviews.

They then headed to Dublin's Savoy Cinema as the European premiere took over the capital.

Thousands of fans waited for hours on a freezing O'Connell Street for a chance to see the Hollywood stars who jetted in specially for the event.

And speaking on the red carpet, ecstatic Will admitted he loved boozing with fans.

He told the Irish Mirror: "We had a great pub crawl - we only went to one place, but we made up for it.

"The fans that are here are extraordinary, the reaction to the original movie was historic. And Irish fans gave us the nudge to make the sequel."

And Will - who called on fans to swim the Liffey with him in the buff after the flick - already wants to come back.

He joked: "I'd love to just sail around the entire country in a dingy and be rescued by the Irish coastguard. But seriously, I can't wait to return - even film here."

While Paul admitted he never wants to leave Ireland.

He added: "Ireland is my fantastic place on earth. I never like to stay away from Ireland for too long.

"I consider it my home away from home, and it was great to be able to join in with the pub crawl."

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And David was delighted to be in Ireland, beaming: "Ireland is my home. I didn't expect this tonight, it is amazing."

Last night, they were joined by some of Ireland's top celebs at the invite-only screening.

They included real-life RTE anchorman Aengus Mac Grainna, while they bumped into Bryan Dobson earlier while filming a Late Late Show prerecord in Montrose.

Organisers put a strict no-selfie rule in place - and model Roz Purcell decided on her own no relationships rule for the night, ditching Voice coach boyfriend Bressie for her sister.

Film-goers then headed to Lillies Bordello for the after party, which went into the early hours but the Anchorman cast stayed clear as they had to jet out to London early this morning.

Bosses decided to give Ireland the European premiere after the first Anchorman created one of the world's biggest fan bases, with special promos even created to feature Anne Doyle.