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Mid-NightDrive90 t1_j1h4bev wrote

Reply to comment by Diresteaks in which actor you hated before but grew to love? by Patient_Ad4191

Farrell is a fascinating one - he always had this raw potential on screen but something seemed to click with him post-Alexander where he pivoted to smaller projects that he found more interesting. In Bruges gave him the spark he needed.

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VRomero32 t1_j1ho5l1 wrote

Same with me. I saw the promise in him in “Tigerland” thought he held up well in “Minority Report” and “Phone Booth” but then he took these bad leading parts in movies and I was really tuned out.

But after “In Bruges” and that supporting part he did “Horrible Bosses” he really figured out his lane as a great character actor who can still lead movies but picks and chooses well.

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Bodymaster t1_j1k7wkp wrote

He's great in Intermission too, another Irish movie that came out a few years before In Bruges. Also starring Colm Meaney and an up-and-coming Cillian Murphy. Good movie.

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