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Emmy winner Brendan Gleeson had problems with Churchill role (IrishCentral)

16 November 2009 10:51 AM, PST | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »

Story / Irish favorite Brendan Gleeson takes home the Emmy / Click here Emmy award winning actor Brendan Gleeson has confessed he was deeply worried about playing Winston Churchill in the HBO film “Into the Storm” that won him the award. The veteran Irish actor was concerned because he disliked Churchill and had once played Michael Collins, his adversary. "I didn't know if I was going to be able to do it or whether it was a bridge too far," he said. "I wasn't sure what my relationship with this character could be. So, we did a camera test at the outset –for both me and the producers, to see whether me playing Churchill was just a daft notion. "My voice coach was my savior. She came over and worked with me for two weeks. "At the beginning of the first week, she asked me whether I was looking forward to the role. »

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'Five Minutes of Heaven' Us Screening in La

27 August 2009 7:24 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

The award winning Irish feature film 'Five Minutes in Heaven', will be shown exclusively in west Los Angeles tomorrow (28.08.09) at Landmark's Nuart Theatre. The film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, stars Liam Neeson (Taken, Michael Collins) and James Nesbitt (Murphy's Law, Jekyll) and was shot in Northern Ireland during the summer of 2008, inspired by true events. 'Five Minutes in Heaven' is a story about two Ulstermen from opposite sides of sectarian conflict. One man is a killer; the other is the brother of a victim of the former, who witnessed his brother's murder as a young boy... »

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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up - August 13, 2009

13 August 2009 9:12 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

This week:

Another actor takes a bite out of Twilight’s Eclipse; we have an update on Cowboys and Aliens; Colin Farrell + Mermaids= Ondine, Zac Efron finds a mother and David Mamet gets Frank.

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1. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse keeps adding cast members: Jack Huston and Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace) have both joined the cast of the teenage vampire flick.

 

According to The Hollywood Reporter regarding Huston:

“Huston will play Royce King II, a human that lived during the Great Depression.”

It sounds like a role that the young actor can sink his teeth into.

Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that Moreno will play the vampire Maria, who tries to create an army of “newborn vampires.”

Big job for a small woman.

Huston and Moreno join Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Bryce Dallas Howard in the big screen adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s novel.

Huston will next be seen on TV in Eastwick, »

- Niall Browne

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'Michael Collins' Military Jacket Fetches £3,120

17 June 2009 2:23 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

The infamous long green military jacket, worn by Irish actor Liam Neeson in his role as Irish republican leader Michael Collins in the 1996 award winning film of the same name, went under the hammer at Bonham's Knightsbridge auction, in London yesterday. The lot which was auctioned included the coat with brass buttons still intact, the leather belt, the gun holsters, trousers, boots and a tunic, all of which still bear the actor's name and the dates of filming. This memorabilia estimated to commence selling for as low as £350 was purchased for £3,120 »

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Woolley & Johnson Discuss 'Teen Spirit'

14 May 2009 7:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Familiar as Ireland may be with the Eurovision Song Contest, a new comedy documentary 'Sounds Like Teen Spirit' to be released this week explores the little known subject of the Junior Eurovision. Iftn meets with the film makers; producer Stephen Woolley (producer of features including 'The Crying Game' and 'Michael Collins') and director Jamie J Johnson. UK producer Stephen Woolley has a long affiliation with Irish production, producing many of Neil Jordan's films including 'The Crying Game', 'Michael Collins', 'Breakfast on Pluto' and 'The Butcher Boy'; in addition to other successful Irish features such as 'Intermission', 'The Actors' and Ian Fitzgibbon's upcoming 'Perrier's Bounty'. Woolley's most recent project has been in the realm of documentary filmmaking - 'Sounds Like Teen Spirit', directed by Jamie J Johnson. This light »

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Maggie Grace Dishes on Being Taken

8 May 2009 12:47 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The actress who plays Kim in the year's sleeper hit talks about her role, working with Liam Neeson and future projects

Maggie Grace is a name and a face that you might recognize if you followed a certain J.J. Abrams series from the beginning. After getting her start in TV films like Murder in Greenwich, where she portrayed Martha Moxley, it didn't take long for Grace to find her way onto a hit series, which is exactly what she did when she landed the role of Shannon Rutherford on Lost. She's also appeared in such films as The Fog and The Jane Austen Book Club. She returned to the silver screen earlier this year with the biggest surprise hit of the year, Taken, which is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on May 12. I had the chance to speak with Grace, who plays Liam Neeson's kidnapped daughter, Kim, and here's what she had to say. »

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'Five Minutes of Heaven' Double Win at Sundance

26 January 2009 8:48 AM, PST | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

The Northern Irish shot feature 'Five Minutes of Heaven' has picked up two awards at the 25th Sundance Film Festival in Utah. The BBC/Big Fish Films/Ruby Films production, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall), won the World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic while BAFTA winning writer Guy Hibbert (Omagh) won the World Cinema Screenwriting Award. Shot in Belfast in June 2008, the film stars Liam Neeson (Michael Collins) and James Nesbitt (Omagh) as two men from the same town but different sides of the Irish political divide, who discover that the past is never dead. »

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Int: Liam Neeson

25 January 2009 11:41 PM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

When JoBlo.com asked me to interview the cast of upcoming action thriller Taken, I was more than excited at the prospect of meeting one of my favorite actors, Liam Neeson. The distinguished and handsome Irishman has displayed an incredibly magnetic on-screen presence in several highly acclaimed films like SCHINDLER.S List, Michael Collins and Kinsey. I remember being instantly smitten, when I first saw him in Satisfaction. Up next, Neeson proves he.s got the acting chops to take on a... »

- Jenny Karakaya

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