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Domhnall Gleeson praised for 'hard to escape' portrayal in movie adaptation of Irish novel

Colm Toibín told IrishStar.com that Domhnall Gleeson's "solid" performance of Jim in the movie stuck in his mind

The 68-year-old author from Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, where the sequel is part set, said he had "little trouble" returning to the novel 15 years later but found it hard to shake Gleeson's"solid" performance of Jim in the movie. Irish writer Colm Toibín spoke to IrishStar.com during a book discussion at Barnes & Noble in Philadelphia (Image: 2023 Omar Torres)"It was hard to escape Domhnall's performance of Jim in the movie, but not Saoirse's[who played Eilis]. 'Long Island', set in the 1970s, begins with Eilis receiving a visit from an Irishman, who informs her that her husband Tony Fiorello, the Italian plumber she met in Brooklyn 25 years before, has got another man's wife pregnant.

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