Mel Gibson has been spotted posing for selfies in Braveheart's Irish filming location Co Meath to mark 30 years of the globally famous film. Fans travelled from all over Ireland to get a chance of meeting the Oscar-winning actor and director who starred as the Scottish hero in the historical epic. ‌

While the film was set in Scotland, it was mostly shot in Ireland after the Irish government offered to supply 1,600 army reserves as extras. People queued at Trim Castle Hotel to meet Gibson and other beloved Braveheart cast members. ‌

The event raised 10,000 euro for the Irish Equity Support Fund as part of the local King John Summer Prom festival. Eight-year-old Maksim Okhotnikov dressed up as William Wallace in a costume created by his mother, who also sketched a charcoal drawin

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