Martin McDonagh

2023 - 1 - 11

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 37, makes a rare appearance with film ... (Daily Mail)

Happy couple: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 37, was the epitome of chic as she celebrated director beau Martin McDonagh, 52, winning two Golden Globes in Los Angeles on ...

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Jenny the Donkey's trainer: Martin McDonagh 'was besotted by her' (Newstalk)

Jenny has become a celebrity in her own right after being thanked at the Golden Globes.

"Even when the lads were down in Galway and we were already on Inis Mรณr... "He just loved her and he didn't want her then to be commercialised after, no matter how well it was going to do," she said. "She was different, and because she was different I think Martin fell in love with her too". and just company for Jenny. On building a bond with the actors - Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson - she said: "Colin was brilliant at doing that. "You had to take everything at her pace, and when they start to learn - it's like everything else - they start to offer you up stuff. "She wasn't leading, she'd never done anything - so we had to teach her how to learn things, and that was alien to her." "She's a miniature, but she was very different because she was just tiny for a miniature. "He was besotted by her, and she was very different and she was very petite - but only a baby. "She was a beautiful creature, she was well-handled, she was well-socialised, loved people, loved being involved," Rita said. "Rosey was confident whereas Jenny - everything was new to her". "I had to go with Martin and one of the Irish producers to try and source a double for Jenny for insurance purposes...

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Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell asked to do donkey work in ... (Irish Examiner)

The Irish Donkey Sanctuary said "it is so gratifying to see donkeys portrayed in such a positive light"

โ€œI would encourage people who might want a donkey to call us for advice. โ€œThere has always been a unique connection between Irish people and donkeys but they fall between two stools now. But they are no longer used as is portrayed in the film," she said.

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