“I remember different adults telling me that this is the opinion I should hold about this event and going: What’s going on? Eanna Hardwicke stars as Roy Keane (Jim Corr Photography)“Why am I being told this thing that I should say?”Adding his own memories of the event made it “all the more satisfying” to step into the role as Keane. “It was all a bit surreal.”Belfast filmmakers Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn said showing the film at their hometown festival “means a huge amount”. Despite not being a football fan, Barros D’Sa said “there is so much more” to the story than sport, as “it speaks about national identity and it’s about masculinity”. Leyburn added “it’s a great psychological story between two characters who are set on a collision course toward each other”.
