The Byrne-ing News: Movies Update

It has been a banner year for our peripatetic Irish thespian, with the very successful Broadway run of the play Long Day’s Journey Into Night and the release of Joachim Trier’s film, the lovely and also shattering Louder Than Bombs, both in the past few months. And now he has […]

MAD TO BE NORMAL: News and Pics!

Filming continues for Mad to be Normal, the new movie about psychiatrist R. D. Laing, in York, England, with sets that include the University of York and stately homes, including Scampston Hall in Malton, nearby. The film stars David Tennant in the lead role, with supporting cast including Gabriel Byrne, Elisabeth […]

MAD TO BE NORMAL: new film in production now!

It started out life as Metanoia, but now Gabriel Byrne’s latest film project has been re-titled Mad to be Normal and it begins production in Yorkshire, England today. As previously reported, the film stars David Tennant in the role of controversial Scottish psychiatrist, R.D. Laing, with support from actors Elisabeth […]

METANOIA: Background and Cast

Before he returns to Broadway in Long Day’s Journey Into Night this spring, Gabriel Byrne will take on a different kind of psychological study. Recently announced by Variety, Mr. Byrne has joined the cast of Metanoia, the new bio-pic of Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, with David Tennant in the […]

New Film: METANOIA

Gabriel Byrne just does not stop! Variety reports today: Gabriel Byrne has joined the cast of R.D. Laing biopic “Metanoia” opposite David Tennant, Elizabeth Moss and Michael Gambon… “Metanoia” will be directed by Robert Mullan, produced by Charlotte Arden and Harriet Hammond, and executive produced by Phin Glynn and Peter […]