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“It’s a wild, coming-of-age story about a disenfranchised teenager, who joins the army and serves in Iraq. We need haircuts. He's still playing teenagers, but has worked with big names in acting: Andrew Scott, Hugh O'Conor; Sharon Horgan, who is "everything I'd hoped for and more"; Peter Campion is "amazing"; Keira Knightley (his co-star in The Aftermath) is also "amazing," and "so normal, she just puts you at ease"; Lola Petticrew is his best friend. That's on the page from Sally's writing. It’s a film about platonic friendship, and it’s hopeful and joyous,” he shares. He "idolised" his older sister and copied everything she did, including following her down the road to drama classes at the Independent Theatre Workshop. Eddie is inclined to follow in his father’s footsteps and enter the military academy, while Amber dreams of moving to London. He was a child actor starring in a short film, New Boy, when he was 11 despite having done "the worst audition in the history of auditions. In April, Fionn got back on our screens in the critically acclaimed Irish drama series Normal People, portraying the role of Jamie alongside main characters Connell [Paul Mescal] and Marianne [Daisy Edgar-Jones]. The film is split into chapters and the chapter my character is part of takes place in Iraq.

"A lot of people know a Jamie," O'Shea explains. "It wasn't even a case of 'Oh, I can think of one person'; I always had too many people to think about.
“Jamie is an extremely anxious, insecure, and jealous person — he hides that beneath a veil of hostility and arrogance. The Book of Man Limited is collecting your information for the purpose of providing the daily newsletters to you, as well as other purposes set out in the Privacy Policy which can be found [here]. Eddie is a bundle of insecurities, who’s got this artifice of masculinity that he’s cobbled together from his dad, music, TV, and magazines of the time. I think that young people are more comfortable with ambiguity. And homophobic language, like the f-word.

As the controlling and sadistic Jamie, he was a brilliant villain of the piece, one of those TV bad guys who grannies swerve to avoid in the streets. We shot the show in two blocks too, Lenny directed the first six episodes with Suzie Lavelle as DOP and then Hettie directed the second six with Kate McCullough, so I think another one of my favourite parts of making it was getting the chance to work with two amazing directors, DOPs and their teams. "When I'm holding her hair, yeah," O'Shea says. The stars of Normal People have struck a close bond since being on the show. "Lola's vegan. ©2020 The Book of Man, LTD. All Rights Reserved. I'd have killed to work with them. Just getting the chance to audition for them was mind blowing for me so I couldn’t believe my luck that I was actually cast. "In a friend, or a partner, or someone you know's a partner. "The way that Jamie does? "Every form of identity and belonging is something people struggle with and continue to struggle with. I just knew people like that, not close friends, but I'd seen a lot of behaviour like that. Change ), SHIRT: SUR CLUB (AVAILABLE AT WWW.TAMPANDSTITCH.COM) // SHORTS: DEDICATED (AVAILABLE AT WWW.FRESHCUTSCLOTHING.COM), JACKET: MUD JEANS // SWEATER: THINKING MU (AVAILABLE AT WWW.FRESHCUTSCLOTHING.COM). No. However, Fionn portrays a very different — and lovelier — role in his most recent movie Dating Amber, which was released on Amazon Prime UK back in June. You’re in Cherry, the new Russo brothers film – what was that like working on such a big production? One of my favourite scenes is a family dinner scene where Eddie brings Amber over for dinner and watching Sharon and Barry improvise together and somehow get funnier and funnier every take was amazing. "When you make it, you're never really thinking about how people will react because all of us just went in as massive fans of the book," O'Shea told Jarlath Regan's An Irishman Abroad podcast. What can you tell us about your character the movie itself? Dating Amber is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video from Thursday, June 4. A busy time for Fionn then, though not too busy for the pub…. It's really important to see queer stories framed like that. Fionn O’Shea has had quite a few months, what with his role in the hit series of the lockdown period, Normal People.As the controlling and sadistic Jamie, he was a brilliant villain of the piece, one of those TV bad guys who grannies swerve to avoid in the streets. She’s appeared in Catastrophe alongside Rob Delaney, This Way Up with Aisling Bea and Military Wives alongside Kristin Scott Thomas. He's not doing what he's doing for no reason.

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There have been a lot of queer stories that are tragic or pessimistic and they are extremely important stories but they aren’t reflective of the whole experience. A lot of people, when they see Jamie, they can associate it with someone in their life who is a little bit toxic. I’m such a huge fan of Joe, and Anthony, and Tom, so it was a dream come true to be working alongside them. I think you'd be mad to not want to fall in love. I remember at the time, I started recording voice notes about how I’d play that part and recording videos on my phone, before I even knew if I was gonna audition.” While Jamie is introduced as one of Marianne’s friends at Trinity College, the frantic character ends up becoming her boyfriend at some point in the story. Lola is so incredibly talented and an amazing person. This is part of a 90 minute chat we had this week for the #IrishmanAbroad. "It's a wild coming-of-age story about a disenchanted college dropout," he explains. The short, based on a story by Roddy Doyle, received an Oscar nomination, while O'Shea went on to act in the kids' TV show Roy and more films. And when it comes to sexuality, more open-minded."

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But I don’t think any of us expected the level of hate that people had for Jamie online,“ he amusingly comments. Based on the novel by Sally Rooney and produced by Element Pictures, the show has been getting amazing feedback all around the world, praised for its beautiful, realistic, and heartbreaking portrayal of first love. "It's also very odd, you can't celebrate those things with anyone at the moment. ", Would he like to fall in love? I found that character and recorded voice notes on my phone and little improvisations of how I'd play it; I guess trying to will it into the universe.

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You may also know him from roles in Save Me, Britannia, The Capture and The Fall. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. "I am from that part of Ireland and I definitely came from a similar world to what he came from, though it wasn't at all like his," he qualifies. That's when he came across Jamie. However, their plans start to go off track. I think a message that’s important is that you have to find your tribe and find where you belong.” Although Dating Amber’s ending leaves the audience with questions about Eddy’s future, as we see him leaving his hometown, Fionn envisions his character going to London and never coming back.

Fionn O’Shea has had quite a few months, what with his role in the hit series of the lockdown period, Normal People. How Sally Rooney's bestselling novel was adapted for TV, Everything you need to know about Normal People, Truth Seekers: Cast reveal the Secrets From the Set, Truth Seekers: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s supernatural comedy, Five of the Best… Grand Tour episodes of all time, Amazon Prime Video box sets: Best TV dramas to binge watch now, What to watch on BritBox UK in November - from Spitting Image to The Sister, What to watch on Prime Video in November - from Truth Seekers to James May: Oh Cook. "That Paul (Mescal) is six foot whatever and ripped, and I'm neither of those things? With Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Desmond Eastwood, Aislín McGuckin. Discover more about the film and when you can watch it. I play Arnold, who is a gunner in the US military and one Cherry’s friends serving in Iraq. Both returned to Dublin together earlier this year just before St Patrick's Day. Dave is a really collaborative director and he constantly gave us the chance to improvise and play around, both during rehearsals and on set. We were all so blown away by the reaction to the show. “I found this part in it, Jamie, and I was just really drawn to him.

MOMAX (551), Fri, Oct 30 Simone Kirby (Peaky Blinders, Resistance, Rebellion) also stars as Jill. I read the book and fell in love with the story like everyone else,” the actor recalls. "I was born a year after the film takes place. ", He elaborates: "Saying 'gay' to describe something different or not cool - that was still so ingrained in people's vocabulary when I was in school. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a day on set where I haven’t learned something new, whether it’s about acting, stuff behind the camera or anything.” It was actually when Fionn was shooting The Siege of Jadotville in South Africa, that one of the actors recommended him to the director of Handsome Devil, a comedy-drama about two teenagers in an all-boys boarding school in Ireland. The way that Connell and Marianne do?

We improvised a lot in the film.

He feels privileged to be "trusted" to tell this story. Dating Amber is on Amazon Prime Video now.

Lola is best known for roles in A Bump Along the Way and My Left Nut.

We would bring all of our ideas. Of course! We were just treating him as a human being.” Brought to life by Fionn’s outstanding performance, Jamie quickly became one of the most hated characters on the internet.

I think there has been a lot of progress made and it’s important to celebrate that but there is still such a long way to go. "I got my phone out and started recording voice memos of the lines on the book. It is a reminder of the misery people went through for being different, and the thrill of escape to more tolerant places. In April, Fionn got back on our screens in the critically acclaimed Irish drama series Normal People, portraying the role of Jamie alongside main characters Connell [Paul Mescal] and Marianne [Daisy Edgar-Jones]. “I did a horrendously bad audition,” he laughs. "The character jumped out at me," he says.
“I’ve been really lucky that I’ve been able to work on stories that I feel really passionately about, and characters that I care about.

Although it is set in the ’90s in Ireland, I think it can absolutely apply today.

He never went back to business school. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. When I first read it I was laughing out loud and then sobbing crying and then laughing all over again. O'Shea's one sex scene with Edgar-Jones (alert: more spoilers...) was the first he has ever done and involved, like the others, an intimacy co-ordinator, a stunt co-ordinator, and some anxiety. ( Log Out /  Paul Mescal has insisted that his Normal People co-star Fionn O'Shea is nothing like his character. I really enjoy playing on that, I find it hilarious, and very exciting that the way I look or something I say, might be worked into a script.". It's easier, but that doesn't mean by any means that it's easy. https://t.co/NRxWUWbGv3 pic.twitter.com/z4nzs63vdp.

This is a really boring answer, but no, I haven't.

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