Kin star Francis reveals nerves over his role as TV ‘sociopath’
ACTOR Francis Magee has told how he felt nervous about taking on the role of terrifying Bren Kinsella in RTE crime drama Kin.
The Game of Thrones star with hundreds of TV and film credits to his name said he was hooked by Peter Mckenna’s script.
And Dubliner Francis admitted he is excited for viewers to see more of his slippery, violent character on screen.
Despite his many years in front of the camera, the 63-year-old said he really wanted “to do justice to such a good show, such a good piece of writing” with his much larger role in season two.
He added: “To be in the company of such esteemed fellow cast members, and not just the cast members.
“Everybody on this production has worked so hard and cares for the show, and so conscientious and so you want to do a good job for all them.”
Show creator Mckenna described Bren, father to Michael and Jimmy, and brother of Birdy and Frank, as “a charming, bullying, sociopath”.
He added: “He is really like the monster out of the closet.
“He’s this guy who has been locked up and now he’s back in the middle of it. And what it really gives us is a character that is unlike any external body in a show. “He changes everything. “He’s within the family. He’s inside the family.
“All the people who had alliances and allegiances and enemies, that’s all shaken up or in the air and that’s all changed.
“Suddenly, people who are at each other’s throats are joined together against him. And other
He is really like the monster out of the closet PETER MCKENNA ON KIN CHARACTER BREN
people who had very close relationships, they’ve been kind of severed by Bren’s presence.
“He’s a charming, bullying sociopath.”
Speaking about having a very recognisable face in the role, Mckenna said: “Sometimes when an actor is more well known, you can’t see beyond the actor to the character.
“But with Bren and with Francis, they’re almost fused together [so] that you believe Francis is Bren.
“And that’s something really, really powerful, and it adds so much to the story.”
Kin continues on RTE One tonight at 9.30pm.