Sir Roger to shake and stir on set in Cong
BY CRÓNA ESLER
RESIDENTS in the South Mayo village of Cong will be both shaken and stirred this summer as former Bond legend Sir Roger Moore rolls into town to star in a new movie.
The event will bring back memories of the filming of the legendary movie, The Quiet Man, some 60 years ago. And while life in Cong may have changed dramatically since then, the storyline of the new movie will have more in common with the famous Irish film than one might initially assume.
The new movie – Connemara Days – is a romantic comedy based around the set of The Quiet Man. It tells the story of 18-year-old local girl Heather O’Dea who falls for one of John Ford’s assistant directors. Connemara Days is a gentle love story set against the backdrop of the Hollywood circus arriving in a quiet Irish village and changing lives forever.
The movie will see Sir Roger make his first on-screen feature film in almost a decade and he is thrilled to be on board.
“The Quiet Man was undoubtedly the best movie John Ford ever directed. It’s one of my all-time favourite films and the opportunity to revisit the time when Hollywood arrived in Ireland to shoot it was simply just too delicious an opportunity to miss.
“I’m greatly looking forward to stepping in front of the cameras in Cong and to being part of this delightful project,” he said.
Other cast currently in discussions to star alongside Sir Roger include Thomas Dekker (Sarah Connor Chronicles), Aidan Quinn (Jonah Hex, Legends of the Fall), Geraldine Chaplin (The Wolfman), Sarah Bolger (In America, The Spiderwick Chronicles), and Stacy Keach (Escape from LA, American History X).
