Fans of Hollywood star Tom Hardy certainly won't have missed the fact their screen idol has recently been filming in the Welsh capital.
And the 44-year-old London-born actor certainly hasn't been camera shy off set either, posing for selfies with admirers all over Cardiff whist shooting the much-anticipated Netflix police thriller Havoc.
But what does the Bronson and Peaky Blinders favourite actually think about Wales and the Welsh in general?
Well, in a previous interview Hardy confessed to being a bit of a fan when it came to things this side of the Severn.
A long time lover of homegrown legends such as Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins, he revealed as much after going to Afghanistan with a Welsh SAS veteran in the early Noughties to research a film project.
"I went with him to the Middle East because I needed to get in and out of hostile environments like Kabul with no body armour and the minimum of fuss – and this guy was a very low-key, down-to-earth and practical bloke.
"And, in my mind, the men that come from Wales have a certain gravitas and integrity.
"There’s a durability and toughness to them, an inner strength that’s very calming."
Hardy also ended up using the ex-soldier as inspiration for his role in the 2013 drama Locke.
"I spent a solid amount of time listening to him talk and thought to myself, ‘That's the guy, that’s my character Ivan Locke right there’.
"But the funny thing is – and this is how off target I was – I later found out he wasn’t Welsh at all.
"So God knows where I got that from – I can only imagine I must have been so scared at the time that I'd thought, 'You're Welsh, that’ll do for me'," he laughed.
“Hand ups though, it was a total balls up on my part, and when my fiancee found out she went, 'Oh Tom, you idiot'.
"But Wales is a very hardy terrain and you get a lot of tough lads coming from there.
"However, there's a gentleness to them also – and the same goes for the Welsh accent.
"There’s a softness and soothing quality to it. Take Richard Burton, for example - he could put out fires with his voice.
"God, I wish mine sounded like that."
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