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Fassbender to star as Celtic hero Cuchulainn as busy schedule rules out relationship

Irish star says he is too ‘selfish’ to get involved with a girlfriend right now


Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender is to star as legendary Celtic warrior Cuchulainn – which may explain why he’s too busy for love.

Hollywood’s hottest property has raised the funds to make a movie based around the mythical Irish hero.

Fassbender and business partner Ronan Bennett have completed a script for the film about the chariot-riding Cuchulainn.

The Centurion star will play the lead role in the new movie which will highlight Cuchulainn’s famous mighty deeds and battle skills.

“Public Enemies” writer Bennett has been working on the project with fellow Irishman Fassbender since last year according to reports.

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No director has yet been assigned to the movie, currently entitled 'Irish Myths.'

Development finance has been raised by Fassbender and Bennett via their London-based production company Finn McCool Films.

Kerryman Fassbender has also revealed that his busy career makes it impossible for him to become involved in a relationship.

“It’s very difficult to maintain a relationship doing this kind of job,” said the Shame star.

“I know people do manage to maintain marriages and relationships within it, but I’m pretty selfish in terms of how I work and the time I take.

“I would want to give my all to a relationship if I did find the right woman but I rarely even gets to spend time with friends and family and would struggle to fully commit.

“I disappear, I don’t see my friends for like four weeks or very seldom I see them, so it’s not fair on a partner when you’re not there and investing and giving them something to sort of work with.

“At the moment, I’m concentrating on work.”


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Did not check my post s/r "know"
Sean- know or no? You are awful hard to undestand at times.
cuculin-don't know till ya ask!
Don't forget about Lugh, the champion, either.
I have no wish to enter a silly "I no more than you" game. What's your point. BTW "Nuada arigetlamh"
Murph46, I have seen several posts where you seem to think Redbranch was me. He or she isnt. And I spell Cuculin this way for a reason.
Luckily enough Georgie, he wasnt a yank either!
Curdexter: You the love interest? Cuchulainn occasionally went crazy but I don't recall him being blind. And what about Cuchulainn's "Gáe Bulg"? According to recent newspaper reports Fassbinder also boasts a formidable Gáe Bulg.
I love the Irish heroes. Hope the movie does well.
Amen to what RedBranch says - no CGI, please. If this movie does well, maybe they could do an epic on the great warrior queen Boudica (spell it however you like), with a pumped-up de-glamourised Nicole Kidman in the lead.
Opportunity to showcase the peerless scenry from Navan Fort to Ring of Gullion to Carlingford. Ditch the CGI and let the country do the talking.
He looks very festive.
The silver arm.
I have one of the largest collections of Irish Mythology known-Quick without looking it up Sean -Who is Nuada ? I'll give you a clue -color!
This will be great fun! It's hard to believe I haven't seen a movie about Culchulain, yet. There's also so much Irish history that deserves to be shown, as well. Most Americans have scant knowledge of anything that happened in Ireland, other than a limited view of the 'famine'(starvation of the Irish) and the Civil War that led to Independence and the Irish Republic.




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