John Michael McDonagh Casts Up His CALVARY
Irish writer-director John Michael McDonagh won much love in these pages with his debut feature The Guard, an odd couple action comedy that got enormous mileage out of the casting of Brendan Gleeson as a politically incorrect small town cop.
It has been known for some time that Gleeson and McDonagh would be reuniting for McDonagh's sophomore effort Calvary - in which Gleeson will play a priest put upon by the members of his parish. Which means that Gleeson will be the straight man this time out but we didn't yet know who would be playing his parishioners.
Well, here they are:
Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids, The IT Crowd), Aidan Gillen (Game Of Thrones), Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes), Isaach de Bankole (24) and David Wilmot (The Guard) have all signed on in support roles. O'Dowd is the obvious reason to celebrate here as despite his somewhat low profile outside of Ireland and the UK he is one seriously funny man.
Calvary begins production in September.
It has been known for some time that Gleeson and McDonagh would be reuniting for McDonagh's sophomore effort Calvary - in which Gleeson will play a priest put upon by the members of his parish. Which means that Gleeson will be the straight man this time out but we didn't yet know who would be playing his parishioners.
Well, here they are:
Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids, The IT Crowd), Aidan Gillen (Game Of Thrones), Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes), Isaach de Bankole (24) and David Wilmot (The Guard) have all signed on in support roles. O'Dowd is the obvious reason to celebrate here as despite his somewhat low profile outside of Ireland and the UK he is one seriously funny man.
Calvary begins production in September.
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