Metal Heart
Metal Heart was my third time to work with Treasure Entertainment, after Handsome Devil and The Flag, and my first chance to work with Jordanne Jones. She's an incredible young actor. And an inspiring person too. She really gives us her all in this movie.
I spent a lot of time driving around with Jordanne in Wicklow with the sun shining down on top of us. It was summertime in Dublin and everything looked good. There's worse ways to spend a summer! [laughs] I was delighted to get the chance to work with Hugh O'Conor, the director. I always wanted to work with Hugh as an actor and as a director. I've always loved his performances as an actor and he was really on point on this job. He's a real actor's director. Because of his background he knows how to talk to actors and how to get the best out of us.
"The highlight of my year was getting to work with Jordanne Jones and Dafhyd Flynn. They're the real deal."
It's a colourful movie and the theme of it is about getting to know yourself. About finding your own identity. Not so different in its humanity from Handsome Devil or the other Treasure films. Those themes of "when do you choose to be yourself" and "when do you come of age?" I play the older character but my character is kind of a f**k up.
The film itself is a little bit John Hughes-ie in the style. I suppose all coming of age films are in some way. It's a fairly simple story of two sisters who are choosing what they're going to do with their lives after leaving school. And I think that Jordanne is going to be a knockout.
It was a great year for me to be able to work with her and Dafhyd. They are the real deal is actors. They are the ones that I admire. They're not spoiled... they're quite raw... and they do surprising things in the moment. That was really my highlight of the last year getting to work with the two of them.
CinÉireann / January 2018 21
INTERVIEW
Moe and Jordanne Jones on set of Metal Heart