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Apr 14, 2021 · 'We like laughing at other people's misery basically,' says Sarah Greene explaining the Irish grá for gallows humour while promoting her forthcoming series Frank of Ireland. 'We're very good at finding humour in dark times, and it's been a pretty dark year, we really are able to laugh at ourselves,' she goes on during her sit down with Inews.
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Apr 13, 2021 · April 13, 2021 7:00 am. For someone whose CV is steeped in dark, serious drama, Sarah Greene’s career to date has been bookended by strikingly inappropriate comedy. Her latest role is in the...
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Apr 14, 2021. FRANK OF IRELAND: INTERVIEW WITH SARAH GREENE. Interview with Sarah Greene who plays Aine. Can you tell us about Frank of Ireland in your own words? Frank of Ireland is a new comedy. It follows 32-year-old wannabe musician Frank Marron (played by Brian Gleeson) being forced to grow up and get a grip on his life. Who is Aine?
Apr 15, 2021 · Frank of Ireland cast: Sarah Greene plays Áine. Actress Sarah Greene, 36, portrays Áine. Since her break up with Frank six years ago, she’s been trying to move on with her life. Cork-born Sarah Greene is probably best known for portraying Connell’s mum Lorraine in Normal People (and maybe her famous ex-boyfriend, Poldark‘s Aidan Turner).
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The first line of dialogue on Frank of Ireland is Frank quoting Robert De Niro in Taxi Driverto a taxi driver. Frank’s love of film is admirable, as is his ability to relate so many situations to movies through quotes or even approaches to problems. It’s as though he lives his life in a filmic fantasy world of his own making. The show highlights th...
Not only is there a familial sense to the plot of the show, but the whole production has it, too. Brothers Brian and Domhnall Gleeson, along with Michael Moloney, are the series’ writers. From the first episode, you see how alike Frank and his mam Mary (Pom Boyd) are. They’re constantly taking the piss out of each other. There’s no privacy let alon...
The conclusion to this story is ingenious. Just when it seems like Frank of Ireland is not much more than a raucous good time taped together with a bunch of popular movie references, it pulls, not a one-eighty, but a full, mind-blowing three-sixty. “Memento Mary” is inspired by the 2000 film Memento, in which Guy Pearce’s character tattoos reminder...
Sarah Greene is excellent as Aine, but her character is far too tolerant. The best laughs come from the supporting cast - which is demonstrated in the fourth episode, a catastrophic am-dram performance which is the highlight of the whole series.
Apr 6, 2021 · It may sound obvious, but here are some Irish sensibilities to Frank of Ireland, Irish comedies have done really well in the past, from Father Ted to The Young Offenders and Derry Girls, why do...
