Michel Martin is, he believes, determined to prevent a united Ireland. } subscriptionFinishDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.finish_at, function setPriceSelected(priceID) { } document.querySelectorAll('[data-'+namespace+']').forEach(function (el) { userWall = 'googlewall'; } "The atmosphere was sectarian at the time but that was being changed by people like Eamonn McCann. He even worked with Samuel Beckett on a 1976 staging of Endgame, although Rea admits he was too intimidated to befriend the writer. Hazel. document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "=" + JSON.stringify(cookieData) + ';path=/;domain=' + domain + ';max-age='+cookieExpiryInSeconds; } if (!hash) { const subscriptionwallPricesSelectedExpiry = expiryTime * 3600000; People who are interested in the Irish language are crocodiles to them. listenForGigyaEvents(); }; }; } let premium_content_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/'; document.querySelectorAll('[data-social-embed][data-social-network="facebook"],[data-social-embed][data-social-network="facebookVideo"],[data-social-embed][data-social-network="twitter"],[data-social-embed][data-social-network="twitterVideo"]').forEach(function (socialEmbed) { template_premium_fadeout: "
", While you might best know Rea from his academy-award winning role as Fergus in Neil Jordans The Crying Game, hes actually appeared in 11 (almost half!) They were the kind of people who weren\u0026#039;t impressed with the idea of having been given a place in university, they just thought, \u0026#039;so what, we should have gotten that place anyway\u0026#039;. } else { productClickSource = window.shopFrontHeaderSubscribe ? window.showSubscriberElements) { } Assuredly these did not involve his work with Jordan. const isUpgrades = false; It was about the humanity of an IRA soldier, and many of them were motivated by humanity.\u0026amp;quot;Hinting at hidden depths of humanity, finding sympathy in the inherently unsympathetic, has always been Rea\u0026#039;s understated genius. subscriptionFinishDate: '', return false; let selectedPrice = {}; Together, we can create a more connected and informed world. In 2020, The Irish Times ranked Rea the 13th greatest Irish film actor of all time. template_summary_coupon_code: "Coupon Code
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Need help? list: getListName(), Reas involvement with The Troubles doesnt end with his personal life, however; many of the roles hes taken on stage and screen involve the conflict. } He is that rare thing, an Ulster Protestant with deeply progressive ideals. } He was a darling of the Academy at that point. 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In recognition for his contribution to theatre and performing arts, Rea was given honorary degrees from both the Queen's University Belfast[3] and the Ulster University[4] in 2004. Fergus : Thing is, Dil, you're not a girl. bundle: bundleValue, productClickSource = null; const subscriberCookieName = 'subscriber'; For people in the North, it means something entirely different. return; [14] They have two sons. } ", Rea trained at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before progressing to the Royal Court in London, then the Old Vic and the National Theatre. listeningForGigyaEvents = true; const badgeTextEl = el.querySelector('.fp-badge-text'); } const cookies = document.cookie.split('; '); Welcome! const scripts = document.querySelectorAll("script"); premium_content_redirect_url = decodeURIComponent(returnURL); allow_upgrades: false, But the economic realities still don\u0026#039;t seem to be the main thing. For people in the North, it means something entirely different.\u0026amp;quot;I always felt the conflict in the North was not understood by southerners. } We recommend checking the format and region compatibility before making your purchase. Content producer with over ten years of experience in digital and broadcast productions for publicmedia. actionField: { color: 'var(--c_d3t)', } The other night we watched the new run of The Den, which they had watched when they were little kids. Stephen Woolley, who produced The Crying Game, once said of the actor that he "typifies a quiet, introspective but potentially violent, potentially passionate, potentially angry personality hidden behind the hangdog mouth. childList: true, return cookieValue; if (tweetUrl) { } } successful_upgrade_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/'; subscriptionFinishDate: '1111-11-11T11:11:11Z', } }); ? The film, with its themes of trans-sexualism and IRA violence, had an unusual box-office gestation. selectedPrice = getBundleById(subscribeLink.dataset['price_id']); He is famously reluctant to discuss his late ex-wife Dolours Price, who was given a life sentence for her involvement in the IRA bombing of the Old Bailey in 1973. const getBundleValue = function (purchase, purchaseType) { It's the dead of a lockdown night in Dublin and, as the camera pans through the deserted streets, Stephen Rea's desolate lilt is the soundtrack to all that has been lost. eventTimeout: 2000, Stream GBH's Award-Winning Content For Parents And Children. items_used: sourceIsArticleMeter ? if (isShopFront) { People talk about writer\u0026#039;s block but actors have blocks too, where they wonder \u0026#039;where am I going to go with this?\u0026#039;. "I wasn't happy in my 20s. In Dreams. userID: purchase.granted_by_whitelist_rule.user_id, const badges = getBadgesForEl(el); Stephen Woolley, who produced The Crying Game, once said of the actor that he \u0026amp;quot;typifies a quiet, introspective but potentially violent, potentially passionate, potentially angry personality hidden behind the hangdog mouth. }); vars.category.regionals = selectedRegional || ''; wallType: window.dataLayer[0].article.wallType, Did you take a drink every time Donald Trump gets nominated for speaker again you take a drink every time you know what forget it we're all gonna become alcoholics never mind go to bed. } if (activeTabId === 'shop-front-annual-prices-tab-trigger') { }; }, fireCheckoutEvent(); ", Fatherhood is one of the great joys in his life, and something that has eased the pain of lockdown. event: '_trackEvent', if (eventType === 'new_card_created' && isUpgrades) { const badgeElement = el.querySelector(`[data-badge="${badge}"]`); In April 2012, Rea read James Joyce's short story "The Dead" on RT Radio 1. updateSubscriberCookie({ Written and directed by Enda Walsh, and with a cast comprising Cillian Murphy, Stephen Rea and Mikel Murfi, it is the hottest ticket at this year's Galway international arts festival. const cookieData = updateSubscriberCookie(event.detail.object); Give me a break, it's an ancient language. const updateMeterStatsCookie = function (didomi, accessObject) { position: 0, Stephen Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. if (isUpgrades) { : [selectedPrice] if (eventType === 'new_card' && isUpgrades) { window.loadGTM = function () { onLogout: function () { From 1988 to 1994, British television had restrictions imposed on them by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, preventing them from broadcasting the voices of members of Sinn Fin and other republican groups and thats where Rea stepped in. \u0026amp;quot;I had a consistent career in America after that. vars.article.userWall = 'none'; 2. // Since the user is not a subscriber, the wall is now visible. } const purchasedProduct = { The official story is that she was crushed in the crowd - but in fact she was shot. badgeToFilterBy = 'shopfront'; } Dolours' sister, Marian,. delivery_days: price.delivery_days || [], subscriptionStatus: cookieData.subscriptionStatus, template_summary_other_paymet_options: "
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Your anonymised data includes your information, the pages you visit on Independent.ie, and products or services you buy from us. The film stars Isabelle Huppert, Chlo Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore and Stephen Rea, and follows a young woman as she befriends a lonely widow who becomes disturbingly obsessed with her.. Greta held its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2018. You can\u0026#039;t connect to the DUP. return; } else if (purchase.badge['premium-plus'] && purchase.badge['premium-plus'] == true) { "The English didn't want to see it because it was about an IRA man whose sensitivity was touched by the British soldier and the transvestite person," Rea recalls. false : true; userID: purchase.granted_by_purchase.user_id, el.classList.add('-featured'); Perhaps this propensity for the peculiar comes from Reas upbringing. 0 : 1; flipPayConfig = Object.assign(flipPayConfig, { window.dataLayer.push(vars); Rea has appeared in films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. const vars = JSON.parse('{"attributes":{"inmproduct":"amp","virtualview":"false"},"category":{"pageType":"Article","primaryCategory":"Entertainment","regionals":"","sectionId":"3596","subCategory1":"Theatre & Arts","subCategory2":"n\/a","subCategory3":"n\/a","subCategory4":"n\/a"},"page":{"pageName":"In:Entertainment:Theatre & Arts:\u0027I waited a long time to hear a compliment from my mother\u0027: Stephen Rea on growing up in Belfast and why he knew he wouldn\u2019t win an Oscar for the Crying Game","pageTitle":"\u0027I waited a long time to hear a compliment from my mother\u0027: Stephen Rea on growing up in Belfast and why he knew he wouldn\u2019t win an Oscar for the Crying Game","publication":"Independent.ie"},"user":{"gigyaID":"","subscriptionStatus":"","subscriptionStartDate":"","subscriptionFinishDate":"","userID":""},"article":{"articleID":"39747085","articleType":"News","articleLayout":"standard","author":"Donal Lynch","createdAt":"2020-11-14 17:59:03","modifiedAt":"2021-06-15 12:53:29","publishedAt":"2020-11-15 02:30:00","wallType":"premium","wallVisible":"true","relatedContent":{"gallery":0,"news":0,"photos":6,"soundcloud":0,"videos":0},"source":"Sunday Independent","tags":"","topics":"Stephen Rea"}}' || '{}');
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