After almost 60 years in the US, the actor wants to quit the country. She talks about ‘hooligans’ in the White House – and her new silent film role in Four Mothers Fionnula Flanagan, the veteran Irish actor, has been a star of stage and screen for more than six decades, earning Tony nominations for her theatre work, a nod from the Screen Actors Guild for Waking Ned, a Saturn award for The Others and a voice acting trophy for Song of the Sea – as well as accolades for the cult TV series Lost.This means she has spent a lot of time in the US – in fact, she’s lived there since 1968. The home she shared in the Hollywood Hills with her late husband, Garrett O’Connor, was well known for its parties – despite O’Connor, an eminent psychiatrist, being the first president of the Betty Ford Institute. Continue reading...
Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan discusses her new silent film "Four Mothers," her disillusionment with America under Trump, and the lack of activism in Hollywood. She plans to sell her Los Angeles home and criticizes the current political climate, fearing a loss of union power and a conspiracy of silence similar to the Holocaust. She contrasts the film's representation of older women with Hollywood's usual portrayal.
