The Youth Of Today
At the end of a year spent bolstering his reputation as one of the finest young talents in the country, Robert Sheehan takes time out to talk about this acting lark and drinking in the street, and gets all worked up about “busty bodices”.
Craig Fitzpatrick, 09 Jan 2012
Endeavouring to reach Irishman Robert Sheehan, I appear to have inadvertently found someone on Merseyside. “Howya doo-in?” asks a voice, very much down the nose. “Craig yeah? I’m nohh tooo bad.” Christ on a bike, I’ve dialled Robert’s digits (which I won’t reveal for anything less than an exorbitant fee, ladies) only to find his phone pinched by an otherwise affable Scouser who somehow knows my name. Robert’s probably in a ditch, I’m next. The crisis passes as our actor reveals himself. It was him on the phone all along! Too bad, would’ve been a great story.
“I’m in Manchester, forgive me,” explains Sheehan. “I’m doing a little bit of a Liverpool twaaang while I’m here, playing a Liverpudlian. I’m just trying to stay in that, so I don’t have to wreck me brain to try and get back to it.” And so it comes to pass that the accent remains in place for the duration. It’s a bit like interviewing Ringo. “Haha! Hopefully it’s not going to become a parody of just general Liverpool people. I’m constantly surrounded by Mancs and Scottish people. It’s hard to keep the subtle differences apart. It’s good talking to you because I’m constantly flitting in and out of it, the more talk the better the practice.”
Sheenan is filming an episode of BBC drama Accused – if he earns plaudits for his portrayal, surely Hot Press can take some credit for being involved in his ‘process’. And, going on his track record to date, further plaudits seem a certainty. This year alone, he’s given us a turn as rock star-that-never-was Ivan McCormick in Killing Bono and a reprisal of his role in RTÉ’s Love/Hate, trod the boards of the Old Vic, gained a BAFTA nomination and broken hearts when he chose not to return to Channel 4’s Misfits. There was little office debate, then, that he was the Irish actor most deserving of recognition. The only thing to figure out was what title to bestow: ‘Actor of the Year’ or… ‘TV Phenomenon of the Year’?
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