<P> Part of the video was filmed inside a real police station on the Lower East Side . Matt Dillon plays a police officer who `` arrests '' MacGowan and takes him to the cells . Dillon recalled that he had been afraid to handle his friend roughly , and had to be ordered by Dougherty and MacGowan to use force . MacGowan and the rest of the band were drinking throughout the shoot , and the police became concerned about their increasingly rowdy behaviour in the cells . Dillon , who was sober , had to intervene and reassure the police that there would be no problems . </P>
<P> Part of the video was filmed inside a real police station on the Lower East Side . Matt Dillon plays a police officer who `` arrests '' MacGowan and takes him to the cells . Dillon recalled that he had been afraid to handle his friend roughly , and had to be ordered by Dougherty and MacGowan to use force . MacGowan and the rest of the band were drinking throughout the shoot , and the police became concerned about their increasingly rowdy behaviour in the cells . Dillon , who was sober , had to intervene and reassure the police that there would be no problems . </P>
who played the cop in fairytale of new york
who played the cop in fairytale of new york
Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon