Roy Keane actor had to ‘wean’ himself off the pundit’s content for Saipan film

• Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke portrays Roy Keane in the new sports-comedy Saipan.
• The film loosely chronicles the infamous fallout between Keane and Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy before the 2002 World Cup.
• Hardwicke, who like Keane, hails from Cork, noted his social media feeds were often filled with clips of the pundit onThe Overlap podcast.
• To accurately prepare for the role, Hardwicke intentionally stopped consuming Keane's current media content.
• I kind of had to wean myself off it because it’s really only so helpful listening to things from 2025,” he told The Independent.

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