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role of a private detective battling inner demons as he tracks
down a Hollywood producer's missing granddaughter is a dream
come true for the Golden Globe Award winner for best actor in
"The Banshees of Inisherin."
"I do love film noir, and I have had a love for it that
pre-dates this show, so there were certain tropes that I was
well aware of," Farrell said in an interview.
The noir genre began with crime films in the 1940s and 1950s,
featuring sharp shadows, pessimistic characters, smoke and rainy
streets in black and white.
"I was well aware of the archetypical trope aspect to those
things," said Farrell, whose character John Sugar works on a
case that turns his whole world upside down.
The series, which premieres on Friday, juxtaposes the colorful
landscapes of Los Angeles with scenes that look like vintage
Hollywood noir. Scenes between characters are edited in ways
that surprised the actors.
"I knew I was filming a noir but then once I'm done with my
process, there's a completely separate creative process that
happens after," said British actor Kirby Howell-Baptiste, who
plays Sugar's manager Ruby in a contemporary twist.
"So when I watched it, the voiceover was a mystery to me, all of
that footage that's cut into it, the way it is cut, all of that
was such a mystery."
Farrell fondly recalled some nights when they were shooting car
footage: Cinematographer Cesar Charlone would get in the
passenger seat and Farrell would drive them to downtown Los
Angeles for 40 minutes.
"There were moments where I was kind of honest-to-God pinching
myself, going, 'this is just unbelievable' and 'aren't we so
lucky?'" Farrell said.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway; Editing by Mary
Milliken and Richard Chang)
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