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They are uncultured. } 'true' : 'false', cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookieValue); const subscriberCookieName = 'subscriber'; }); } Discover your full benefits as a Premium subscriber. try { He is a frequent collaborator with Irish film-maker Neil Jordan. if (Array.isArray(event.detail.object.upgrade_prices) && event.detail.object.upgrade_prices.length > 0) { But there's more: discover your full benefits now. }, faq.click() \u0026amp;quot;It is so long ago now I don\u0026#039;t even feel that I\u0026#039;m looking at myself.\u0026amp;quot;The film, with its themes of trans-sexualism and IRA violence, had an unusual box-office gestation. } [15], Rea is an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland. productClickSource = window.shopFrontHeaderSubscribe ? } talented, (4/10/04-6/24/04) Stage: Appeared (as "Cyrano") in "Cyrano de Bergerac" by. if (eventType === 'new_card_created' && isUpgrades) { \u0026amp;quot;I knew that Pacino was going to win [for Scent of a Woman]. ", The film changed his career. In recognition for his contribution to theatre and performing arts, Rea was given honorary degrees from both the Queen's University Belfast[3] and the Ulster University[4] in 2004. subscriptionFinishDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.finish_at, const addShopFrontClasses = function (el) { Being an actor has sustained me emotionally. Together, we can create a more connected and informed world. quantity: 1, By the mid-90s, they scaled another peak with Michael Collins. Angel (released as Danny Boy in the United States) is a 1982 Irish film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Stephen Rea. const vars = JSON.parse('{"attributes":{"inmproduct":"amp","virtualview":"false"},"category":{"pageType":"Article","primaryCategory":"Entertainment","regionals":"","sectionId":"3596","subCategory1":"Theatre & Arts","subCategory2":"n\/a","subCategory3":"n\/a","subCategory4":"n\/a"},"page":{"pageName":"In:Entertainment:Theatre & Arts:\u0027I waited a long time to hear a compliment from my mother\u0027: Stephen Rea on growing up in Belfast and why he knew he wouldn\u2019t win an Oscar for the Crying Game","pageTitle":"\u0027I waited a long time to hear a compliment from my mother\u0027: Stephen Rea on growing up in Belfast and why he knew he wouldn\u2019t win an Oscar for the Crying Game","publication":"Independent.ie"},"user":{"gigyaID":"","subscriptionStatus":"","subscriptionStartDate":"","subscriptionFinishDate":"","userID":""},"article":{"articleID":"39747085","articleType":"News","articleLayout":"standard","author":"Donal Lynch","createdAt":"2020-11-14 17:59:03","modifiedAt":"2021-06-15 12:53:29","publishedAt":"2020-11-15 02:30:00","wallType":"premium","wallVisible":"true","relatedContent":{"gallery":0,"news":0,"photos":6,"soundcloud":0,"videos":0},"source":"Sunday Independent","tags":"","topics":"Stephen Rea"}}' || '{}'); Support GBH. He majored in English literature at Queen's University, Belfast, and began his acting career at the hallowed Abbey Theater there. if (event.detail.object.hasOwnProperty('upgrade_prices')) { They were the kind of people who weren\u0026#039;t impressed with the idea of having been given a place in university, they just thought, \u0026#039;so what, we should have gotten that place anyway\u0026#039;. } const bundleContainer = document.querySelector('.n-plans1'); \u0026amp;quot;It was run by a very insensitive and cruel people who thought another part of the community was inferior to them.\u0026amp;quot;He studied English literature at Queen\u0026#039;s University. let meteredPaywall = 'undefined'; [2] He studied English at the Queen's University Belfast and drama at the Abbey Theatre School in Dublin.[2]. } onboarding_article = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/home-delivery/'; setSubscribeButtonColour(node); successful_upgrade_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/home-delivery/'; bundle: 'premium-plus', [17], For the English-born American movie critic, see, Last edited on 22 February 2023, at 18:53, "The 50 greatest Irish film actors of all time in order", "Stephen Rea: 'I never wanted to be a polite actor', "Ages of the Moon by Sam Shepard, 24 February 4 April 2009", "Dolours Price, former IRA terrorist and ex-wife of actor Stephen Rea, dies of suspected overdose", "Stephen Rea carries Dolours Price's coffin at funeral in Belfast: Former IRA hunger striker is buried after mass attended by Hollywood actor ex-husband", "Ex-IRA woman Dolours Price is found dead in Dublin", "UNICEF Ireland Ambassadors & High Profile Supporters", "Actor Stephen Rea reveals he has found peace living in Donegal", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Rea&oldid=1140976446, Episode: "Hail and Farewell-George Moore", Episode: "K is for Killing" (US Title: "Color Him Dead"), (Uncredited) Episode: "Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum", This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 18:53. return allPrices.concat(item); } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('print_annual') > -1) { } }); He had been starring in films since Neil Jordan cast him in Angel (1982), but he only became famous worldwide after his performance in The Crying Game earned him a Best Actor Oscar nomination in 1993. const tweetUrl = socialEmbed.dataset.social_url; eventLabel: 'google-access-granted' if (! !gigyaID ? const activeTabId = tabs.querySelector('li.is-active a').id; subscriptionStartDate: '', snack_bar_success_message: 'Welcome! bundleContainer.classList.toggle('-three', bundleContainer.children.length === 3); His resume speaks to this knack, spilling over with horror, fantasy and intrigue not to mention some pretty incredible writers and directors. }; for (let i = 0, parts; (parts = cookies[i] && cookies[i].split('=')); i++) { return '' In 2007, Rea began a successful and acclaimed relationship with both the Abbey Theatre and Sam Shepard, appearing in Kicking a Dead Horse (2007) and Ages of the Moon (2009), both penned by Shepard and also both transferred to New York. const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(urlQueryString); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-KJF4'); } list: getListName(), const updateMeterStatsCookie = function (didomi, accessObject) { } }, window.loadGTM(); let member_redirect = getQueryStringValue('source') === 'mc' ?Subscribe today for unlimited access. For Rea, art and politics have always been intertwined. const onHomeDeliveryPriceSelected = function (priceId) { eventLabel = 'saturday_sunday'; } It was surreal and lovely. setSubscribeButtonColour(plan); } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('premium') > -1) { }); return cookieValue; userID: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.user_id, meterStats.items_limit : 0, The film stars Isabelle Huppert, Chlo Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore and Stephen Rea, and follows a young woman as she befriends a lonely widow who becomes disturbingly obsessed with her.. Greta held its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2018. } Stephen Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. setBundleToFullWidth(plan); vars.article.wallVisible = 'false'; All [Martin] really seems to be concerned about is that Sinn Fin don't get more of a hold in this jurisdiction.". const eventName = { vars.user.subscriptionStatus = subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus || ''; if (!bundle_info && !upgrade_bundles.length) { if (timeLeftOnExpire < 0) { Stephen Rea was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 'shop-front': 'fp_refresh_price', } Content producer with over ten years of experience in digital and broadcast productions for publicmedia. badges.forEach(badge => { Then it will be the month of April, or of May, when the year is still young, a thousand little signs tell me so. let userWall = 'none'; "The Americans liked it because it was about sex. Actor Stephen Rea has revealed how he has now found peace spending as much time as he can in his home in Donegal. Stephen Rea is an Irish actor who has been starring in numerous theater plays in Ireland and the United Kingdom since the early 1970s, but best known for the success he achieved with The Crying Game in 1992, where he starred as Fergus alongside Forest Whitaker. } window.dataLayer.push({ "The atmosphere was sectarian at the time but that was being changed by people like Eamonn McCann. There should be an all-Ireland deal with that, so that everyone feels protected on both sides of the border. metered_content: false, const parseTweetIdFromUrl = function (url) { let addToCartFiredAfterRegistration = false; if (!hash) { When the lockdown started, we pivoted and decided we would have it in Croke Park, to be broadcast as a live-stream. ", He studied English literature at Queen's University. 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