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Colin raves about Irish stars in Hollywood
COLIN Farrell claims that Irish actors in Hollywood are “punching above their weight”.
The star, from Castleknock in Dublin, said Irish actors “lean into stories” that they are telling.
He said: “We punch so far above our weight. We’re only a country of five million people and, I don’t know, Irish people... just whether it’s through music, the written word, whether it’s prose, poetry, film, theatre, of course, we just... we have a deep connection to [it],” he told Entertainment Tonight.
He added that he feels his fellow countrymen and women share an appreciation of “the importance of story” and for “leaning into stories and meanings with which we understand ourselves and the world around us”.
Proud
The Penguin actor also opened up about how proud he is of Barry Keoghan, saying: “Barry’s off to the races. He’s killing it, he’s doing amazing. I saw him last week for the first time in close to a year, and he seemed like he was in great form, so it was great to see him.”
Colin’s next role in Sugar tells the story of John Sugar, who is contracted to help find the missing granddaughter of a bigtime Hollywood producer.
Farrell says it was the new angle that the show uses to examine the classic detective genre that drew him to the project and want to play the lead character.
He said: “The private detective trope is always an interesting one cause it brings up questions of purpose, meaning what side of the line you’re on, good and bad.
“Private detectives are usually, in the world of noir, hard-boiled. They’re usually somewhat bittered or jaded by the ugliness they’ve observed throughout their work – and this guy wasn’t.”