Michael Fassbender Set to Star in Biopic About an Irish Rap Group Kneecap
Michael Fassbender (The Killer, X-Men) is set to star in a biopic film about an Irish rap group, and it’s titled Kneecap, after the name of the band. The movie is described as “a raucous anti-establishment comedy.”
The movie will also star the real-life band members Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí as “heightened versions of themselves.” If you’re not familiar with the band, “they came to fame in 2018 for their blend of nationalist Irish rap which often dealt with the gritty reality of growing up in Northern Ireland after the civil conflict known as the Troubles.”
It’s explained that in 2019 they were “condemned for ‘outrageous behaviour’ after leading chants of ‘Get the Brits out now’ at a pub that Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge had visited a day earlier.”
The movie will be written and directed by Rich Peppiatt, who has also directed a music video for the band. He said in a statement: “For those who already know Kneecap as musicians, I promise this will be a film true to their hedonistic and anarchic soul. And for those who haven’t yet heard of Kneecap, well, buckle up….”
Source: Variety