Colin Farrell said some days working on Banshees of Inisherin with his In Bruges colleagues Brendan Gleeson and director Martin McDonagh were “awful” due to the intense scenes.
Directed by McDonagh, the film sees Colin and Brendan back together in leading roles for the first time since the award-winning dark comedy.
On the acting process needed for the movie, which sees Farrell and Gleeson play feuding friends, Colin said: “It’s the difference between being in the gym and then going into the boxing ring. Not that it’s horrible and a punishment, we did have a laugh working on it. But Jesus, some of the days were awful.
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“Martin [McDonagh] throws you into some very dark corners. He writes you into some very dark corners and asks you to get out with just one match.”
Speaking to Ian Dempsey on Today FM’s breakfast show, he went on to heap praise on the award-winning director. Colin added: “When I say to my friends that it’s darker than In Bruges they’re saying like ‘What? How could it be darker than In Bruges?’ and then last night I got a couple of texts from my mates saying ‘You weren’t wrong’.”
The film is on release in Irish cinemas now.
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