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Steve Coogan to Play Mick McCarthy, Éanna Hardwicke Cast as Roy Keane in ‘Saipan’ Film About Irish Soccer Icon’s Infamous World Cup Walkout (EXCLUSIVE)
Éanna Hardwicke will play Irish soccer hero Roy Keane with Steve Coogan as Mick McCarthy in film 'Saipan' about a notorious 2002 World Cup incident.
Hardwicke will be joined by two-time Oscar nominee Steve Coogan(“Philomena,” “The Reckoning”), who will star as Mick McCarthy, the former Ireland soccer manager with whom Keane had an infamous falling out. “Saipan” is being directed by Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa — the duo behind the critically-lauded 2013 Irish comedy-drama “Good Vibrations” and the 2019 romance “Ordinary Love,” starring Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville — working from an original script by Paul Fraser (“Dead Man’s Shoes”), with production set to start this summer. “The events of Saipan divided a nation, but we are sure everyone will be united in their love for this once in a generation Irish film directed by the brilliant filmmaking team of Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa.”
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