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[Catvoca]

Lol, no need to take it so personally mate, I think you know exactly what I am on about here.

No offense taken, I know what you're on about but I just thought it was a really weird thing to post in this thread in the first place.

 

[Eoin]

I am Irish, I can judge Irish people all I want! And my guesses were based on living here for 29 years of my life - this entitles me to make assertions. Most people here with overly Irish names are bellends, trust me

If you say so...

 

[JaseC]

Unsurprisingly, Saoirse's up for the Best Actress IFTA, which she has undoubtedly has in the bag. Brooklyn itself has a few other nominations: Best Supporting Actor in Domhnall Gleeson, Best Supporting Actress in Jane Brennan, Best Director in John Crowley and also Best Film.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Would it be right if I said In Bruges still comes out on top as one of the best Irish films?

 

[Dicktatorship]

She's grown up to be a lovely potato

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

That's racist.
http://youtu.be/QUVsDy0sc3k

 

[Dicktatorship]

That's racist.
http://youtu.be/QUVsDy0sc3k

Why do people identify potatoes with the Irish anyway? I'm of mostly Irish descent and I love potatoes and feel as though I may be playing into a stereotype.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Why do people identify potatoes with the Irish anyway? I'm of mostly Irish descent and I love potatoes and feel as though I may be playing into a stereotype.

Potato famine was pretty important.
The history of the potato as a staple crop is quite interesting. Not many Europeans wanted it originally.


Classic food blight which can now be fought with genetic engineering.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_potato


A similar thing happened to Papaya plantations in Hawaii and was saved by biotechnology.

It's happening with Cavendish Bananas currently.

Par from the contrary, most our crops are hybrids or clones and therefore susceptible to resistant strains.

Some can just come upon by viruses or bacteria.




Goddam I went all nerdy.

 

[JaseC]

Here's the new Jimmy Fallon interview (the actual interview starts at around the 7m mark). Also, Flaunt Magazine published a nice interview overnight.

Goddam I went all nerdy.

I remember seeing a screenshot of her Wikipedia page some time ago showing that somebody had changed "Irish-American actress" to "Irish potato".

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

That interview is adorbs, though I still dislike Fallon.

Also she's a lot taller than I thought.

 

[JaseC]

That interview is adorbs, though I still dislike Fallon.

Also she's a lot taller than I thought.

The high heels she's wearing are pretty bonkers. I'd say she's average height judging from this group photo back when she was doing press for The Host:

If Kruger weren't wearing high heels I'd guess that she'd still be a wee bit taller.

 

[Übermatik]

Saoirse... waving at me?

 

[Symphonia]

JaseC, I just thought I'd give you a heads up. I have recently discovered the joy that is Saoirse Ronan - and she is mine. I understand that, as of this moment, she is your waifu. I must inform you that is no longer the case. It is stated in an unwritten bro code somewhere that Saoirse Ronan is, by law and by fate, to be my wife.

Apologies.

Regards,
Symphonia

 

[JaseC]

JaseC, I just thought I'd give you a heads up. I have recently discovered the joy that is Saoirse Ronan - and she is mine. I understand that, as of this moment, she is your waifu. I must inform you that is no longer the case. It is stated in an unwritten bro code somewhere that Saoirse Ronan is, by law and by fate, to be my wife.

Apologies.

Regards,
Symphonia

You win some, you lose some.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Great, it's a standoff.

I thought it was was bad enough when it was Jase and I.

 

[JaseC]

As expected:



Edit: It's her birthday today (the 12th).

Edit edit: Continuing with the theme of the day: Saoirse Ronan's Favorite Favourite Birthday.

Edit edit edit: Live with Kelly and Michael interview. Some footage of The Crucible is peppered throughout.

 

[JaseC]

"Rise from your grave!, etc. The Gentlewoman published online the full interview it did last year and it's a great read. She was also interviewed by Time a little earlier this year as part of its Next Generation Leaders feature.

There hasn't been much in the way of news since April owing to The Crucible, which finished back in July, though on a related note she was nominated for a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award. Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, is currently two weeks into filming, while production on On Chesil Beach, another Ian McEwan adaptation, kicks off in October. That's pretty much it.

 

[capitalCORN]

Wow, blast from the past! I'm really looking towards Loving Vincent. It pretty much is the realization of my greatest visual dream. The test footage so far has been amazing. I'm sure Saoirse will shine, no doubt.

 

[JaseC]

Wow, blast from the past! I'm really looking towards Loving Vincent. It pretty much is the realization of my greatest visual dream. The test footage so far has been amazing. I'm sure Saoirse will shine, no doubt.

The Observer has said the film should be complete next month and is slated to release next Spring, however this doesn't seem to be corroborated anywhere. There was a work-in-progress screening for the artists last month, though, so I would think it is almost complete.

Edit: The Twitter account for the Artists' Campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment announced earlier that Saoirse has signed the mission statement. Ireland, to be clear, not the US -- the amendment rendered abortion illegal in the country save for situations where it's necessary to save the life of the mother.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Loving Vincent is one of the movies I'm looking forward the most. I hope it comes to my country.

 

[JaseC]

Reportedly, Lady Bird has finished filming and On Chesil Beach will enter the principal photography phase in England in just under a couple of weeks, on the 17th. The latter is the last thing left on Saoirse's plate and will likely wrap not all that far from Christmas, so she probably won't sign on to anything else until next year, especially considering that she's had an uncharacteristically busy year (including rehearsals and preview shows, The Crucible alone was a ~seven-month commitment).

I wonder what's going on with The Seagull. It's been in post-production for over a year now and still lacks any sort of firm release date.

Edit: Apparently, LB hasn't wrapped just yet.

 

[JaseC]

A new trailer for Loving Vincent has surfaced, and in other news it seems Lionsgate UK has already backed On Chesil Beach, which should begin filming in a few days.

Edit: I've made a point not to post candids in this thread thus far as I don't agree with unauthorised photography, however since details on Lady Bird are virtually non-existent, I'll make an exception here: Saoirse's outfit and the accompanying brick of a mobile phone strongly suggests the film is set during the 90s.

Edit edit: On Chesil Beach has started filming.

Edit edit edit: Loving Vincent has secured distribution in Brazil and Russia, bringing the total number of territories that'll see the film to just over 20. AU/NZ, the US and UK/Ireland remain notable absences.

Edit^4: On Chesil Beach has been picked up by several distributors. Among them is Transmission for Australia, which I was hoping wouldn't happen, despite being the most likely outcome, as it needlessly sat on Brooklyn for three months. Bah.

 

[JaseC]

Mary Queen of Scots is reportedly alive once again, with Josie Rourke replacing Susanne Bier and filming kicking off at some point next year.

 

[Muppet of a Man]

Gorgeous Irish lass. Funny and clever to boot.

 

[Volimar]

I hate that practically every interview appearance it seems like the host has to do a riff on her name. I'd be so sick of that.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Mary Queen of Scots is reportedly alive once again, with Josie Rourke replacing Susanne Bier and filming kicking off at some point next year.

I was going to post it, but daily mail. 😬

 

[JaseC]

I was going to post it, but daily mail. ��

Haha, yeah, that was my first thought, too, but if memory serves it was also the first to report on Alicia Vikander replacing Saoirse in Testament of Youth, which ended up being accurate, so I figured I'd almost give it the benefit of the doubt here.

 

[JaseC]

This is interesting:

A group of activists led by actress Saoirse Ronan and Oscar winner Glen Hansard have taken over a public building in Dublin, Ireland and turned it into a homeless shelter.

...

"We have taken a building that essentially belongs to the people of Ireland and that has been lying empty. The Government will shelter 200 people this Christmas and there's 260 people between the Royal Canal and the Grand Canal in Dublin.

Other reports mention that the movement was sparked by the building being scheduled for demolition. I assume the fact she's back in Ireland means On Chesil Beach has wrapped.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

This is interesting:



Other reports mention that the movement was sparked by the building being scheduled for demolition. I assume the fact she's back in Ireland means On Chesil Beach has wrapped.

Oh its that shite. Didn't know she was involved.

 

[JaseC]

Oh its that shite. Didn't know she was involved.

Yeah, I stumbled upon the news yesterday but the article I read didn't mention her.

 

[Sunster]

We are almost the same age down to the day. Always weird to watch a person you could have gone to school with making big movies and stuff. Anyway she's cool, I've liked all her movies, even Byzantium. I bet she'll have a long career, studded with movies of "Brooklyn" quality.

 

[JaseC]

Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan is set to lead the immigrant romance Sweetness in the Belly.

Zeresenay "Zee" Berhane Mehari will direct the adaptation of Camilla Gibb's best-seller, from a screenplay by Laura Phillips. Brooklyn producers Alan Moloney and Susan Mullen of Parallel Films are producing with Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny of Sienna Films, who optioned the novel and developed the screenplay. Mehret Mandefro and Adrian Sturges are executive producers. HanWay Films will shop the title to buyers at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival.

The two-time Oscar nominee will play Lilly, who was orphaned in Africa as a child and experiences her parents' homeland of England for the first time as a refugee, escaping civil war. As lost in this cold new world as her fellow immigrants, Lilly becomes the heart of this disenfranchised community in London, attempting to reunite people with their scattered families. But as her friend Amina discovers, Lilly's mission isn't purely altruistic and a passionate lost love affair is revealed between Lilly and Aziz, an idealistic doctor.

Deadline says filming is scheduled to begin in September (and spelt her name incorrectly at first).

On a related note, last February Brooklyn was screened at the UN as part of a special discussion panel on large-scale migration, which Saoirse was a part of.

 

[JaseC]

First still of On Chesil Beach:

Also, Raindance uploaded the first draft of the script, and finally a behind the scenes interview with Saoirse on the set of Loving Vincent.

 

[capitalCORN]

AWISE FOM YO GWAVE. Haven't seen this thread in a while! Good to see her busy.

 

[plidex]

I've loved her since I saw her in James Corden's show with the actress of Supergirl (Melissa something?). I binged all her interviews. I only watched her in Brooklyn, which is not my type of thing but I really liked it.

 

[JaseC]

It's been quiet as far as film projects are concerned, but she'll soon appear as the titular Galway Girl in Ed Sheeran's upcoming music video.

Actually, I suppose it's worth mentioning that Anton Sanko will score The Seagull, given that the film otherwise continues to show no signs of leaving what appears to be post-production hell. Progress is progress!

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

They should have given the part to John Romero. He's in Galway.
John Romero's Irish Adventure

 

[capitalCORN]

JaseC. If Saoirse was royalty, she would have knighted you already.

 

[JaseC]

JaseC. If Saoirse was royalty, she would have knighted you already.

Funnily enough, honorless made this 'shopped version of The Accolade, which toddhunter later turned into a Dark Souls texture mod.

(Sorry for the late reply; I couldn't find the image when I went looking for it before.)

 

[Deleted member 80556]

This thread reminds me that I have not finished watching her filmography! Gotta get on that. Nice to see that Mary Queen of Scots is alive!

 

[shnurgleton]

Sir sha ro nan is attractive

 

[capitalCORN]

Funnily enough, honorless made this 'shopped version of The Accolade, which toddhunter later turned into a Dark Souls texture mod.

(Sorry for the late reply; I couldn't find the image when I went looking for it before.)

Lol, that's great!

 

[JaseC]

This thread reminds me that I have not finished watching her filmography! Gotta get on that. Nice to see that Mary Queen of Scots is alive!

Variety says it hasn't actually been greenlit yet:

Margot Robbie is in negotiations to play Queen Elizabeth in Focus Features and Working Title's ”Mary Queen of Scots," opposite Saoirse Ronan.

Josie Rourke is directing the film with Working Title's Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Liza Chasin producing.

The drama is based on the true story of Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, only to find herself condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.

”Mary" has yet to be greenlit, but sources say things are headed in the right direction. If greenlit, the film would likely go sometime later this year.

Maybe things will get moving in earnest if Robbie signs on.

 

[capitalCORN]

Variety says it hasn't actually been greenlit yet:



Maybe things will get moving in earnest if Robbie signs on.

Adding a marquee name like Robbie would definitely add momentum.This movie's got to be Saoirse's Don Quixote at this point.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Variety says it hasn't actually been greenlit yet:



Maybe things will get moving in earnest if Robbie signs on.

God dammit, just say yes Margot!

But it'd be awesome to have her in the movie. And as capital says, it'd help a lot get the movie going.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Adding a marquee name like Robbie would definitely add momentum.This movie's got to be Saoirse's Don Quixote at this point.

Well that's a damming statement.
Sersh has The Host, Robbie has Suicide Squad.
Tomato.

 

[capitalCORN]

Well that's a damming statement.
Sersh has The Host, Robbie has Suicide Squad.
Tomato.

Well, a more apt example would have been the Lovely Bones. Both extensively panned, but made decent change in the end. The problem with the Host was it was too hasty of a project that probably got more exposure than it should have. I feel bad for Saoirse for that one.

 

[JaseC]

Loving Vincent will be making its debut at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June.

 

[Gazunta]

I just want to say that this thread is one of the best reasons NeoGAF exists.

I want this woman to play my comic character, someone sign up the movie rights please

 

[capitalCORN]

Loving Vincent will be making its debut at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June.

Great! Looks like it's finally done. I'm dying to see this film. Critics be damned (not that I'm expecting negative reception...)!