The Banshees of Inisherin snapped up three awards at last night’s Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Set on an island off the coast of Ireland, the film secured awards for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Actor for Colin Farrell and Best Screenplay for writer-director Martin McDonagh.
The black comedy was filmed on Inis Mór and Achill Island and had led the shortlist with eight nominations.
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Colin Farrell accepted his second Golden Globe award at the ceremony on Tuesday, January 11 - his first was awarded back in 2009 for his first role alongside Brendan Gleeson in McDonagh's film In Bruges.
In his acceptance speech for Best Actor in the Musical/Comedy motion picture category, Farrell thanked the film’s director. He said: “Martin McDonagh, I owe you so much, man.
“Fourteen years ago, you put me working with Brendan Gleeson, my dance partner, and you changed the trajectory of my life forever in ways that I will, begrudgingly, be grateful to you for the rest of my days.”
He spoke next to co-star Brendan Gleeson. “Brendan, I love you so much. To get to cohabitate in this creative space with you every day, all I did when I got to work every day was aspire to be your equal.
“I’m not saying I even got there, but the aspiration kept me going and I thank you for that for the rest of my days also,” he said.
Producers at the awards attempted to wrap up his speech at this point, to which Farrell said: “You can forget that piano.”
Much to the amusement of the Irish actors at the table and the crowd alike, Farrell addressed Barry Keoghan and said: “When you’re sharing a house with an actor you’re working with, a word of advice Barry.
“Don’t eat his Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and leave him with no breakfast in the morning, ok? You should never send a man to work on an empty belly.”
Finally, he wanted to acknowledge the fan-favourite character of the film, Jenny the Donkey.
McDonagh himself got in on the Jenny jokes, opening his speech for Best Screenplay with: “As some of you may know, I wrote this script for the two stars of my film, Jenny the Donkey and Minnie the Horse.”
He took a swipe at the awards and said: “I was hoping Jenny might have been nominated tonight actually, but she’s a female donkey and it’s the Globes, so…”
The director paid tribute to Farrell and Gleeson, saying that he loved the pair for their “brilliance on screen” and their “kindness off screen”.
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