This is the trailer for 50 Dead Men Walking, based on the story of Martin McGartland, a British police recruit who infiltrates the IRA. It stars Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, and Rose McGowan. It’s also the film that convinced Rose that she would’ve joined the IRA, if only she’d been born a Northern Irishman instead of a slutty actress.
Other notes: the song in the beginning is “Alternative Ulster” by the Stiff Little Fingers, and if you don’t like that song, it’s probably because you’re a f-cking idiot. Also: did anyone understand a single word of dialogue in that entire trailer? It’s no wonder Irish people are drunk all the time. Whenever they talk to me I just have to take a sip of my beer and nod like I understood. It’s true, taint bells are furrikin, I totally agree.
[via ThePlaylist]
A while back, Rose McGowan was allowed to talk, and not surprisingly, she said something stupid. She told reporters she would’ve joined the IRA back in the day, and she knows all about the struggle because she was in a movie. Today, the film’s producers are expressing their total support for her. Ha, just kidding of course.
Guy Collins [one of Fifty Dead Men Walking’s producers] said that he and the other producers “were surprised and disappointed by the comments made by McGowan.”
Added director Kari Skogland: “Rose’s personal opinions of Northern Ireland do not reflect the perspective of the film in any way. Our goal was to present an even, nonjudgmental point of view so the audience could follow the path of an informer with empathy no matter what the politics.” [Thanks to Karen at THR]
So yeah, pretty much your basic, run-of-the-mill insincere corporate apology letter. Kind of a non-story, but hey! doesn’t Rose McGowan suck?
Rose McGowan recently completed Fifty Dead Men Walking, an adaptation of a book by former IRA informer Martin McGartland. Naturally, eating free food and reading lines off a script for a couple hours a day really allowed her to identify with the people.
McGowan says she would have joined the IRA if she lived in Belfast during the Troubles. “My heart just broke for the cause,” she told a news conference ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
She may sound like your typical Hollywood moron, but don’t worry, McGartland’s got her back.
Mr McGartland said her comments were naive. “It’s easy to say this sort of thing when you live in LA,” he added. “Rose McGowan’s comments were insulting to victims of IRA terrorism and she should apologise,” he said.
But obviously, McGartland doesn’t know of the full extent of Rose McGowan’s street cred.
She said during filming in Belfast, advice from former IRA members on how to make a bomb and techniques for torturing informants helped to add authenticity to the project.
“I had many secret meetings in dark places. We were being watched by all sides, phones tapped, that sort of thing,” she told the Hollywood Reporter. [BBC]
In Rose’s defense, if I were an Irish guy, this is exactly the kind of thing I’d tell a really dumb chick I was trying to bang. “Shh, baby, the government’s watching. Here, put your head in my lap. Now find the wire tap. I think it’s in my balls.”
-Thanks to Bryce for the tip
