Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson have each become Oscar-nominated actors through their portrayal of a decaying friendship in “The Banshees of Inisherin.” That’s a tad ironic considering how close the two men are away from the cameras.
Farrell and Gleeson discussed their long-lasting friendship with CBS’ “Sunday Morning,” a relationship that goes back to their first collaboration with “Inisherin” filmmaker Martin McDonagh on his acclaimed 2008 crime dramedy “In Bruges.” Farrell recalled how they first met at the Chelsea Hotel in New York about a year after he had turned sober and how Gleeson kept that in mind without him even saying it.
Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson Didn’t Want to Spend Time Apart to Get Into Character for ‘Banshees of Inisherin’
While portraying a decaying friendship onscreen, the two Oscar-nominated actors are close friends away from the cameras