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Posted on Friday, February 05, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Irish movie superstars together for first time
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This month Irish actor Brendan Gleeson is bringing Ireland’s leading men together to make the film version of Flann O'Brien’s masterpiece At Swim-Two-Birds. The dream cast will include Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Cillian Murphy and Colin Farrell.
All four have worked with Gleeson before but have never appeared in a film together. Gleeson himself will make his directorial debut with the film, a coming-of-age tale about a lazy, frequently drunk 19-year-old Irish college student who lives with his killjoy uncle in Dublin.
The young man’s writing a second rate novel he’s too lazy to finish and things get sticky when the characters he’s created come to life and start to rebel against him.
Gleeson knows that each of these world famous Irish actors have genuine comic gifts (and Gleeson’s no shrinking violet himself) so expect something completely out of the ordinary. The film is currently in production in Ireland.
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Posted by BallinaLass on Aug 16, 2010, 10:08 AM EDT
Slightly OT: where are our world-class Irish actresses? The last famous Irish female actress was Maureen O'Hara. While I realise she must be a tough act to follow, I think there could be other reasons for the lack of success/recognition. It's time to stop giving the lead in Irish-themed movies to American actresses (Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Robin Wright, Angelica Huston, etc.) or British actresses (Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver). It would also be nice to see more Irish films that center on women.
Posted by battlefront on Apr 13, 2010, 04:30 PM EDT
Brendan Gleeson is a fantastic actor and makes each character his own and its like you have never seen him before in anything else.
Posted by shrinnkie246 on Feb 11, 2010, 02:39 PM EST
You can't read, merryman you bonehead. I didn't say I hadn't heard of those 5 actors. Read the comment properly you idiot.
Posted by merryman39 on Feb 10, 2010, 07:25 PM EST
Anybody, who hasn't heard of these 5 actors, not only lives under a rock, but a rock on different planet.
Posted by kategorman on Feb 10, 2010, 10:16 AM EST
Ireland has been a watershed of amazing talent and excellent films with intriguing stories for decades. From The Commitments and Waking Ned Devine, to the American made, but essentially Irish and The Secret of Roan Inish and In America, these remain my favorite movies of all time. Brendan Gleeson is a master and I can't wait to see what he is doing
Posted by JustineCase on Feb 09, 2010, 12:07 AM EST
Brendan Gleeson fantastic Actor ,His Dad was born in Thurles Co Tipperary ,which makes me partial to him as i too was born there and know the family,,will look forward to the Film . good luck with the Directing ,you will do good ,we are hearing your Name more and more here in the States ,very proud of you ,,,
Posted by shrinnkie246 on Feb 08, 2010, 11:45 PM EST
The title of this film is peculiar and the plot sounds uninteresting. Good Luck at the Box Office.
Posted by DaisysMom on Feb 08, 2010, 11:36 PM EST
Where have you been "shrinnkie246"? Living under a rock?
Posted by shrinnkie246 on Feb 08, 2010, 01:48 PM EST
Superstars are they? Maybe in Ireland, but not North America. The only one of the group that is well known is Colin Farrell and not only on the big screen, but for his activities off screen. As for Gabriel Byrne he seems to be far more popular on the small screen than he ever was on the big screen. Speaking of films I never thought his attempts at humor were very successful. As for the rest of these Irishmen I'm not familiar with their work.
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