Friday, February 17, 2012

This Weekend's Homework Lesson...

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... is to read up on the "Ulster Cycle" of Irish mythology, because Michael Fassbender has just announced a movie project for the time being called Irish Myths in which he will play Cuchulain, who is apparently this branch of mythology's central hero. (Way to cast yourself high, Fassy.) The story has been written by the writer of (snooze) Public Enemies; there's no director attached yet. Anybody have anything to share on this subject, or should I just dive right into Wikipedia then? Lernin iz fun! (pic via)
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3 comments:

button holed said...

Here he is again, the thinking man's Gerard Butler. Wish I could go a month without MF.

SVG said...

I can totally see Michael Fassbender as Cúchulainn- he was notoriously good looking. The Decemberists have an EP about one of the most famous stories with him, The Táin.

And don't be too disappointed about the writer, Ronan Bennett, he may have written Public Enemies but he also wrote Havoc in it's Third Year. So there's hope.

Anonymous said...

still wrestling with how the michael we know and love today could potentially be this guy, too:

http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/23/inglourious-basterds-restraining-order-michael-fessbender/#ixzz0j3f8lAQT

A bit weird this seems to be so frequently NOT brought up. He has some good PR teams.