Of cinema, there is finally little question.
Gabriel Byrne is not an actor like the others.
Maybe his Irish blood wants that.
Born near Dublin in a modest family, he has not forgotten his origins.
With them, the films were not the major concern.
The first time, it was his grandmother who took him to a dark room.
On the screen, he discovers a world apart.
It serves as his crutches.
He is a shy, uncertain boy.
At 11, he plans to become a seminarian.
The attitude of a priest towards him will divert him from this vocation.
He will follow studies that will not fascinate him (
“It was like waiting for a flight in an airport for four years”
), will try his hand at plumbing, do the washing up in a kitchen, be a wee-boy in a hotel.
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The theater attracts him.
Stage fright crushes his stomach.
John Boorman spots him, hires him for
Excalibur
, asks him if he knows how to ride a horse.
Byrne says yes.
He lies.
This forces him to take riding lessons…
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