Acting, directing, films and more — the Emerald Isle has ties to 14 nominations this Oscar season
The actors, good friends in real life, disagree about how best to live life and what leaving a legacy really means.
“That’s so sweet,” Condon says when told of McDonagh’s comment. “I think from the beginning when we met — I was doing his play ‘The Lonesome West’ when I was 17 — Martin always admired my ambition, because it was similar to his. I was always sure of myself; childlike and cocky, like, ‘I’m going global.’” Now her excitement for the Emerald Isle feels almost palpable. “My friend at home was like, ‘Everybody’s celebrating like crazy. It’s like they’ve won the World Cup.
Ross White and Tom Berkeley, writer-director-producers of “An Irish Goodbye,” say they’re only at this party thanks to their idol too. “We’ve always loved Martin McDonagh, from the early plays. That really got us into writing for theater,” White says. The short, about two brothers processing their mother’s death, was inspired by an argumentative sibling duo Berkeley spotted at a soccer game, one with Down syndrome.
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