Filming starts on movie about the infamous Keane-McCarthy row that split Irish soccer Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane at odds in Saipan Filming of the Saipan drama taking place in Belfast Filming of the Saipan drama taking place in Belfast at a property being used to portray the home of Mick McCarthy Filming of the Saipan drama taking place in Belfast Filming of the Saipan drama taking place in Belfast Take a first look at scenes being filmed for the much-anticipated movie about the Irish soccer team’s spectacular fallout in Saipan. Our exclusive snaps show the media scrum and happenings around what’s being portrayed as former Ireland manager Mick McCarthy’s house following his infamous falling out with Roy Keane in the lead up to the 2002 World Cup. A yet to-be-identified actress is pictured here playing McCarthy’s wife, with Steve Coogan (58) cast as the former Republic of Ireland boss.
Cork actor Eanna Hardwick (27) has been cast as his Irish captain Keane. Filming of the Saipan drama taking place in Belfast at a property being used to portray the home of Mick McCarthy Shooting of the new movie is taking place in Belfast, with our images taken on the northside of the city. Coogan and Hardwick have yet to appear on set.
The Sunday World can also reveal that Irish actor Jack Hickey has been cast as Niall Quinn in the upcoming flick. Keane famously lampooned Quinn during the Saipan crisis as ‘Mother Teresa’ and lambasted him and five other principal adversaries in the Ireland football camp as “muppets”. Dubliner Hickey (34) has starred in the likes of Games Of Thrones, Penny Dreadful, Vikings: Valhalla and Mary Shelley.
He also played the role of Matt in 10 episodes of Emmerdale in 2017, and recently directed his first short film, Burn It All. Filming of the Saipan drama taking place in Belfast The bust-up between the Keane and McCarthy on the Pacific island in the lead up to the tournament in Japan/South Korea led to captain Keane being sent home by manager McCarthy, a row which bitterly split Irish soccer fans at the time and made world headlines. Alan Partridge star Coogan has roots in Co.
Mayo, where his family originally hail from, but was raised in England. Saipan will be made in association with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen, with a shoot set for Ireland and Saipan this summer. Greg Martin is Executive Producer for Screen Ireland, with Ursula Devine Executive Producer for Northern Ireland Screen.
Filming of the Saipan drama taking place in Belfast Producers Macdara Kelleher and John Keville said: “A million words have been written about what happened on that fateful week in 2002 on the tiny island of Saipan.” “Next year, audiences will finally get to experience first-hand the feud between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy and why it was labelled “the worst preparation for a World Cup campaign ever”. Directors Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn said: “We’re thrilled to be working with this extraordinary cast and creative team to tell the story of an infamous moment in Irish and football history that drew battle lines across a nation, cast its hopes, dreams and sense of identity into disarray, and briefly made a tiny volcanic island in the Pacific one of the most famous places on earth.
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