Colin Farrell
(Picture: The Banshees of Inisherin)It’s 1923 and Padraic Suilleabhain (an adorable Colin Farrell) is a donkey-loving farmer, living on a remote isle, off the West Coast of Ireland. Padraic suspects he’s the second biggest idiot in the village. He may be flattering himself. He is also viciously astute when drunk and prone to acts of lunacy, and Farrell ensures every aspect of this protean eejit rings true.
The Banshees of Inisherin reunites the star with Martin McDonagh and Brendan Gleeson (the trio worked together on In Bruges) and Barry Keoghan (his co-star in The Killing of a Sacred Deer). Farrell is clearly amongst friends. Yet there’s nothing parochial about his performance. For decades, he’s been described as the Irish Brad Pitt. The Irish De Niro. The Irish Jack Nicholson. It’s finally dawned on the world that Farrell isn’t like these legends. He is a legend in his own right.
