According to the "Cork Independent" Reservoir Dogs star Michael Madsen (Mr Blonde) is due to film Strength and Honour in and around Cork together with, ahem, Richard Chamberlain. (Didn’t know he is still around filming.) Written and directed by Mark Mahon from Rochestown, this film will be shot in areas such as the Mardyke, Rochestown Road. Browne’s Mills and Kinsale’s Oyster Creek Bar. Casting will commence in mid-August so expect a couple of local faces to pop up in this production.
Judging from the IMDB info this appears to be Mahon’s first film and it’s quite an achievement to see that he managed to get such an illustrious cast for a Cork shooting. In 2005 he, however, appears to have won the Action on Film award for “Best Screenplay Unproduced” for Freedom Within the Heart, a film that is now in development for 2007. He also appeared as an actor in a US short movie (Pals), so does have some kind of Hollywood credential that may have made it easier to get this project off the ground.
I have been a Madsen fan for quite some time so will probably do some star spotting when it comes closer to the production date. You never know: He may even show up at the Cork Film Fest, although I doubt it: Given that the film is just in pre-production it will definitely not be ready for this year’s schedule and will probably be an old hat for 2007.
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