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Your account has already a premium subscription linked. if (vars.article) { }); Content producer with over ten years of experience in digital and broadcast productions for publicmedia. eventLabel: 'load' const expiryTime = 2; const urlQueryString = window.location.search; badgeToFilterBy = 'monthly'; } const pathParts = new URL(url).pathname.split('/'); }; }, He also featured as the narrator in a production of Joyces Ulysses on BBC Radio 4 for 2012s Bloomsday. There should be an all-Ireland deal with that, so that everyone feels protected on both sides of the border. "Except for one time we were sitting having a drink in her house and she looked at me and said, 'the boy done good'. There's no plan on how to deal with them.". return 'none'; He even worked with Samuel Beckett on a 1976 staging of Endgame, although Rea admits he was too intimidated to befriend the writer. eventCategory: getEcommerceEventCategory(), }, eventAction: 'auth', snackbar.querySelector('.message2-outer').classList.remove('-error'); ecommerce: { const now = new Date().getTime(); function getPriceSelected(priceID) { updateSubscriberCookie({ } 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) { He has worked steadily ever since, in Ireland and London, in. return; (returnURL || member_redirect)) { } } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('premium-plus') > -1) { Rea was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Neil Jordan 's thriller The Crying Game (1992). const isShopFront = false; eventCategory: 'content_link', const priceIdFromUrl = getQueryStringValue('priceId'); *The Stephen Rea Interview! He is that rare thing, an Ulster Protestant with deeply progressive ideals. node.setAttribute('hidden', ''); } Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Hozier Feat. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, !subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus ? } window.dataLayer.push({ of Jordans films: Angel, The Company of Wolves, The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins, The Butcher Boy, In Dreams, The End of The Affair, Breakfast on Pluto, Ondine, and Greta. if (prices.hasOwnProperty(key)) { premium_content_by_class_name: "ep17pricing1", By the mid-90s, they scaled another peak with Michael Collins. ", Fatherhood is one of the great joys in his life, and something that has eased the pain of lockdown. He had been starring in films since Neil Jordan cast him in Angel (1982), but he only became famous worldwide after his performance in The Crying Game earned him a Best Actor Oscar nomination in 1993. var labelText = ''; He later trained at the Abbey Theatre School in Dublin. if (isShopFront) { Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea. // Reset the positions after the flatten. } Rea has appeared in a number of high profile films, both Irish and international, such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. return cookieValue; } userHasLoggedIn = true; var nowTimeStamp = Date.now(); if (typeof bundleExpires[priceId] != "undefined") { successful_upgrade_redirect_url: 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium/', I just didn't know who I was. const showPremiumBadge = function (el) { I\u0026#039;ve done some movies that I thought were a mess.\u0026amp;quot; Assuredly these did not involve his work with Jordan. (scripts[i].innerHTML.indexOf("shopfront_url") !== -1)) { node.removeAttribute('hidden'); items_used: accessObject.metered_paywall_items_used, let homeDeliveryButtonCheck = false; Cry of the Banshee. successful_upgrade_redirect_url: 'https://member.independent.ie/', } var p = purchase['granted_by_' + purchaseType]; The reading features in a recent short film, Throes. 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. let addToCartFiredAfterRegistration = false; if (document.cookie.indexOf('guid') > -1) {
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When the lockdown started, we pivoted and decided we would have it in Croke Park, to be broadcast as a live-stream. var leafletTag = false; p_tag.appendChild(span_tag); } Dolours' sister, Marian,. filter_prices_by_badge: badgeToFilterBy, items_limit: accessObject.metered_paywall_items_limit, selectedPrice.placeholder_prices flipPayConfig.show_spinner = false; ecommerce: { add: { position: 0, Date of Birth. } 'home-delivery': 'fp_refresh_price_only', For people with disabilities needing assistance with the Public Files, contact Glenn Heath at 617-300-3268. show_fadeout: false, So begins his quest to avenge them. callback: function (user) { el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href = el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href + '&returnURL=' + returnURL; 10 Facts About Alexis Georgoulis, The George Clooney Of Greece, 10 Facts About Melinda Kinnaman, The Swedish Star Of 'Modus, 10 Facts About Jennifer Ehle, Our Favorite Elizabeth Bennet, 10 Facts About "Baptistes" Talisa Garcia, 10 Facts About Al Weaver Of "Grantchester" And "Press", Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility at GBH, Transparency in Coverage Cost-Sharing Disclosures. 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