Brendan Gleeson has told how he fears his actor sons could end up dying like Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The Calvary star said he always worried about how they’ll come under the pressure of Hollywood.
Son Domhnall is starring in the much anticipated new Star Wars film and Brian was in Snow White And The Hunstman.
And Brendan said: “This acting world, you’d be very afraid. You’d look at Philip Seymour Hoffman and wonder ‘God, does this thing (the movie business) take its toll?’
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“You’d always hope that they could cope with the challenges of this life, rather than the challenges of the craft.”
Tragic Philip was found dead in February in his New York apartment after taking a drug overdose.
And Brendan told the Insider that he had met and worked with the late actor.
He said: “His death was so utterly tragic. You feel you wanted to tell him to guard himself more.
“I was talking to a number of different people about him and creative self seemed to be his salvation. But in another way maybe he found it impossible to protect himself.”
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And despite being one of Ireland’s biggest film stars, Brendan does have bouts of self-doubt.
He added: “You’re constantly being judged by people. You’re constantly being rejected by people. You’re constantly being accepted and lauded by people.
“You might put your heart into something and people say, ‘That’s crap — that doesn’t work’.
“You’re trying to reach an audience and if somebody in the audience says ‘that’s nonsense’ you have to take some notice of it and ask yourself ‘is that true or is there something I can learn from it?’”
