Bounty Champions
The alpha and omega of Irish leading men, Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson, talk about their latest film Perrier's Bounty, an Irish gangster flick with shades of Guy Richie.
Tara Brady, 06 Apr 2010
It’s a freezing cold December morning in Shoreditch, London and Brendan Gleeson, national treasure, top actor and all round good guy, is getting ready to open fire on a dog.
“I thought it might be fun to get back in touch with my inner psycho,” explains Gleeson later.
The canine assault, we should explain, takes place on the set of Perrier’s Bounty, a new Irish crime flick from director Ian Fitzgibbon and screenwriter Mark O’Rowe. This being the movies, London is standing in for Dublin and the animal in question has retreated to his trailer long before Messrs. Gleeson and Fitzgibbon have started shooting in either sense of the word.
“The trouble with dogs is that they’ll only work short hours,” says the actor. “Once they do their scene they want a walk and once it’s two in the morning, the dogs want their bed. They get knackered and leave us to it.”
Cast from the same mould as Guy Ritchie’s Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Perrier’s Bounty heaps tremendous misfortunes upon its hero. By the end of the first act Michael Mc Crea, played with characteristic charm by Cillian Murphy, owes the film’s titular villain (Brendan Gleeson) a stack of money and one henchman. Worse, the girl next door and object of Michael’s affections (Jodie Whittaker) is now involved, as is Michael’s estranged dad (Jim Broadbent) who pops up to philosophise about a recent dream.
There are botched robberies, failed suicide attempts, visions of death and packs of killer dogs as the drama unfolds, but Perrier’s Bounty is ultimately making its way toward a grand showdown.
“It’s unique alright,” notes Cillian Murphy as he makes us tea in the comparatively tropical confines of his trailer.
“It was all about the script,” he says. “I’d already worked with Mark (O’Rowe) on Intermission and I remember him talking about the idea way back then, about these three characters on the run but with a metaphysical twist. And once I saw the words on the page and how dark and funny the script was, I was more than happy to get onboard.”
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