Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson continues his impressive career trajectory with his latest role in Werner Herzog’s highly anticipated film BUCKING FASTARD, which recently wrapped production in Dublin, Sligo, and Slovenia. The film is expected to make its debut at the Cannes Film Festival this month, where it will be shown to potential buyers in what promises to be one of the festival’s most talked-about screenings.
Gleeson, who has steadily built a reputation for taking on challenging and diverse roles since his breakthrough in ABOUT TIME, joins an impressive ensemble that includes real-life siblings Kate and Rooney Mara as the film’s central characters. In recent years, Gleeson has demonstrated remarkable versatility, moving effortlessly between indie darlings and major franchises, making his casting in Herzog’s return to narrative filmmaking particularly noteworthy.
In BUCKING FASTARD, Gleeson portrays Timothy, a government-issued social worker tasked with helping the eccentric Holbrooke twins adapt to modern life after they become unexpected tabloid sensations. The Mara sisters play Jean and Joan Holbrooke, inseparable twins who live on the fringes of society and share an extraordinary bond – speaking in unison, loving the same man, sharing identical dreams, and even making the same linguistic slips simultaneously. Their quest to find “the Orkneys,” an imaginary land where true love exists, leads them to attempt the impossible: digging a tunnel through an entire mountain range. This marks the first on-screen collaboration between Kate and Rooney Mara, with the latter having previously filmed in Ireland for Jim Sheridan’s THE SECRET SCRIPTURE.
The legendary Werner Herzog, whose last narrative feature was released in 2022 with his documentary THEATER OF THOUGHT, describes BUCKING FASTARD as completing “an operatic triptych” with his previous acclaimed works FITZCARRALDO and GRIZZLY MAN. “We cannot see the world as Jean and Joan Holbrooke see it,” Herzog explained, “but we do see how the world reacts to them – through the courts and the press, through those that want to help and those who want to use them, through the eyes of beasts both tame and wild, and even through their own echoes in the core of the earth.”
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Gabriel Byrne brings his signature Irish intensity to the JOHN WICK universe! 🔥
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Link in bio for more!
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Watch now at irishfilmtv.com.
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More at irishfilmtv.com.
🎬 JUST IN: Our very own Domhnall Gleeson teams up with legendary director Werner Herzog for BUCKING FASTARD.
Fresh off wrapping in Dublin, Sligo and Slovenia, this mind-bending tale features Gleeson alongside the Mara sisters and Orlando Bloom in what`s bound to be Herzog`s most captivating film yet!
More at irishfilmtv.com.
May 8
🎬 JUST IN: Our very own Domhnall Gleeson teams up with legendary director Werner Herzog for BUCKING FASTARD.
Fresh off wrapping in Dublin, Sligo and Slovenia, this mind-bending tale features Gleeson alongside the Mara sisters and Orlando Bloom in what`s bound to be Herzog`s most captivating film yet!
More at irishfilmtv.com.
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More at irishfilmtv.com.
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Dublin`s own @evehewson continues her Hollywood takeover alongside fellow Irish talent @thaddeagraham in Netflix`s star-studded JAY KELLY!
From BAD SISTERS to the big screen, these ladies are putting Irish talent on the global map. Mark your calendars for December 5th - Irish excellence is coming to your Netflix queue! 💚☘️🎬
More at irishfilmtv.com.
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From Dublin`s 3Olympia to London`s West End, don`t miss this titan of Irish acting in his element. One of our finest exports bringing powerful storytelling back where it belongs—the stage! 🎭🍀
More at irishfilmtv.com.
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📣 BREAKING: Irish legend Brendan Gleeson returns to the stage after 10 years!
The star of THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN and IN BRUGES will headline Conor McPherson`s haunting masterpiece THE WEIR, directed by McPherson himself for the first time.
From Dublin`s 3Olympia to London`s West End, don`t miss this titan of Irish acting in his element. One of our finest exports bringing powerful storytelling back where it belongs—the stage! 🎭🍀
More at irishfilmtv.com.