Sam Claflin has landed his next movie role in a “brilliant” Ireland-set drama with a stacked cast. Titled The Last Days Of Rabbit Hayes, the film sees Claflin take on a lead role alongside Niamh Algar and Alisha Weir.
Directed by Jim O’Hanlon and based on Anna McPartlin’s novel of the same name, the film sees Algar take on the titular role of Rabbit Hayes, a woman who loves her ordinary life even though she has a handful of days left to live.
Per Screen Daily, Rabbit “must come to terms with her past and a future she won’t be part of, while her close-knit, optimistic family grapples with the reality of losing her and decides what will happen to Juliet (Weir), Rabbit’s 14-year-old daughter”.
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Joining Claflin, Algar and Weir on the cast are stars including Colm Meaney, Sinead Cusack, Tom Glynn Carney and Ruth Bradley.
McPartlin has penned the script based on her own book, which is available to purchase via Amazon Prime.
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Speaking of the film, which has already wrapped production in Dublin, Irish filmmaker O’Hanlan said: “I fell in love with Rabbit Hayes and her wonderfully funny, quirky, idiosyncratic Irish family the moment I picked up Anna McPartlin’s brilliant novel.
“It’s a testament to Anna’s beautiful screenplay that we’ve been able to pull together such an amazing cast and crew to create a film bursting with love and loss, wit and warmth, music and laughter.”
On adapting her own book for the film, McPartlin, who previously penned TV dramas The Gone and Striking Out said: “Rabbit Hayes has always been about love, laughter and hope.
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“Adapting her story for the screen has been a dream come true, and sharing that joy with such an incredible team, both on and off screen, has been the greatest gift. This one’s deeply personal.”
Meanwhile, producer Jessie Fisk added: “The Last Days Of Rabbit Hayes is a tonic to the usual stories of loss. Instead of breaking us, it celebrates the joy of life, the strength of family, and the power of laughter.”
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