Day one of rehearsals was a bit intimidating, says Mellamphy, but Broderick immediately showed himself to be “one of the guys”. Mellamphy has enough territorial loyalty to contend with, having been born in The Liberties in Dublin and raised in Cork. This role marks a return to the Irish Repertory Theatre, where Mellamphy got his 2005 start Stateside as a substitute. “Sarah Jessica Parker [Broderick’s wife] was in the other night,” Mellamphy notes, anticipating other big-name actors and casting directors will follow. Just after learning he was being cast opposite Broderick, Mellamphy won best actor in a prominent US theatre festival, Origin’s 1st Irish.

Source: Irish Examiner April 18, 2018 23:03 UTC