Sir Kenneth Branagh was happy that Artemis Fowl was Irish.
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The 59-year-old was born in Northern Ireland himself and loved to tell stories as a young boy. Therefore, the filmmaker finally decided to stage the novel by Eoin Colfer for Disney +.
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In an interview with ‘Reader’s Digest’, the star, who is also known to the younger audience probably due to his portrayal of Gilderoy Lockhart in ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’, said: “It felt very original. Because I myself am from the North coming to this country, i loved its irishness. And this encounter sometimes and the closeness of the worlds. Very different worlds. I really like that in a creative way. It always feels like it’s a good place. “
In fact, for Branagh, who grew up as the son of a carpenter but then went into art himself, it was a family tradition to tell stories. He also sees the origin of his fascination with the subject. “I was Irish, I grew up in a big family and people are always full of stories, very hair-raising stories, and I was aware of that.”
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