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PRODUCERS ARE LOOKING for someone to play the part of Phil Lynott on the big screen.
An open casting is being held in Dublin this afternoon for an actor/musician/singer, aged 18 – 35, to play the part of Lynott in a feature documentary about his rise to stardom.
Six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan and award winning documentary maker Colm Quinn are working together on the documentary. Sheridan said:
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“Having known Phil, and loving his music from the very start, it’s a great honour to celebrate his life and work on the big screen.
I see this as a non fiction movie, one meant for the cinema, and I can’t wait to start the process of finding our modern day rocker.
Anyone who feels they can embody Thin Lizzy’s front man is invited to attend the auditions.
Producers Marcie Films say experience in film and television is not essential but those auditioning are being asked to come prepared with a song, poem or an example of Phil’s influence on you. Alan Maher of Marcie Film said:
Whether you sing, play the bass or have a passion for poetry and rock n’ roll, you could be our Phil Lynott.
“The successful Rocker will work with professional mentors and those who have influenced and worked with Phil to ‘become’ THE ROCKER.”
The open casting will be held at 12-13 Bow Street, Dublin 7 from 12.30pm.
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@Brian Madden: FG’s Enda Kenny pulled a similar stroke when he became the first FG leader to gain a second term as Taoiseach in May 2016, job done he handed the reins over to Varadker in June 2017. Mission accomplished. Varadker becomes the unelected Taoiseach but FG perform badly at the next GE and form a desperate coalition with FF who also lose a huge share of their previous vote. Both parties legacy under these two leaders will be their failure in housing.
@Frank Cauldhame: at least leo said he was happy to go into opposition after the last election. Micheal blatantly lied to the voters saying the public wanted FG out and after the election he immediately ruled out a coalition with SF and went to leo and agreed a partnership these two parties should be treated in the next election as one entity. Their policies appear interwoven. Almost nothing separates them.
@Brian Madden: That really surprised me, Leo & FG accepting a partnership with FF after what Michail said about them in his pre-election attack. They must feel like right patsies. The people who voted for FF on the basis of Michails attack on FG on the eve of the last GE must feel like right patsies.
@Frank Cauldhame: his only aim was to get the top job. In his mind he deserved it and lying to the public didn’t bother him in the least. He is the wrong man for the job. He completely lacks vision and ambition and appears to look down on the electorate as if we are thick. FF are in very big trouble come the next election. They have become irrelevant.
@Anne Warren: Every time I see Enda Kenny’s face I am reminded of his most famous quote, “It is morally wrong, unjust and unfair to tax a person’s home.”
We are governed by spoofers.
That should be a quick meeting. FF are a joke of a party and are irrelevant in modern day Ireland. Sold out to FG and are out of touch with the ordinary people. Ministers are unqualified for most of their roles.
He’s probably going to set up a commission to investigate who’ll come back with their findings in about 5 years time. He deflects every issue as it means he doesn’t have to make a decision and be accountable for it .
Would have voted FF up until the Economic crash of years ago and the performance of the two stooges on Rte in relation to the IMF. Swore I wouldn’t vote for them again and haven’t. For someone on the outside looking in you would have to ask what are they offering these days? Absolutely nothing. The new guard are hopeless. Totally out of their depth in most Ministerial roles. The Minister for Health is a disaster. The Taoiseach has been a disgrace. His CMO is running the show. They are a spent force. Getting rid of the power hungry Martin won’t stop their demise at this stage. They will become a small irrelevant party very soon.
@a: don’t forget about norma Foley being totally useless and they are on their third minister for agriculture. Micheal thought it was his right to get the top job, his right of passage after his years as a TD. He lied to the public to get the top job, a job that he doesn’t deserve. He is a shockingly bad taoiseach.
@a: Micheál is a poor taoiseach but to his credit he at least had the conviction to sack Barry Cowan and Dara Calleary with very little hesitation. The more I think about the more I realise that for as disappointing as Micheál is he’s still probably the best option FF have, their alternatives are horrendously terrible and I’m not sure any of them other than Jim O’Callaghan actually want to lead. It’s a party full of chancers looking to collect their expenses and pension and the last thing they want is responsibility.
But ultimately FF in this government will be judged on how they deliver on the main election issue of housing. At the moment that’s going about as badly as anyone could imagine considering the situation for renters and first time buyers continues to get worse.
Why are they breaking for the summer. I don’t see any other workers, who are still in work I mean, taking 6-8 weeks holidays. And in the middle of this crisis. It’s a crime the way they behave.
They broke the country FG selling the country out with FFs help imagine voting for these party’s you would want to be mad voting to be robbed by all the mistakes they made and they still get there golden pensions we’re still paying for PMPA USC suppose to be temporary the E voting machines the list goes on
No article about the big protest outside the Convention centre because of the vaccination bill? Hmm very strange indeed surely a big event as such would be publised by “mainstream media”. Very peculiar
MM is the most useless politician I’ve seen in a long while. Listening to the dail every response to a question is met by an attack if its SF. Ridicule if it’s someone else. He talks down to the other politicians as if their beneath him. Most of the time he doesn’t even answer the question. We get waffle and then his buddy comes in to save his skin saying “times up, times up”. What’s the point if he can’t answer basic questions. Regarding housing, Mary Lou pinned him today and his reply was all about what he was going/intend to do. Intentions are great and all but unless you deliver on something intentions are just words. They mean nothing. People are under pressure and deserve more.
All the meetings in the world wont save FF, they are a party of verge of collapse. They haven’t an ounce of credibility with the public especially after going into power with FG.
Will he last that long? His plan to reopen pubs and cafes is a train crash in motion. Don’t be surprised if we are in a hard lockdown again by September
The only thing that will save Fianna Fáil in the next election is to finally admit that they and Fine Gael are one in the same and join together. It’s the only way either party stand a chance for their almost 100 year failure of protecting the Irish People. Hospitals Fail, Affordable housing Fail, Upkeep of public infrastructure Fail.
This is just a partial list.
Here…I will do it for him.
1) Director of election was Jim O Callaghan. Not on good terms with Micheal. Jim did not want another FF td in his constituency because come next GE, that would split the FF vote and be a massive threat to his seat.
2) The electorate despises FF even more now than they did over a year ago.
3) The candidate wasn’t great in fairness.
4) Regardless of who was nominated, Ivana Bacik was nailed on for that seat
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