Colin Farrell has admitted he’s still so grateful for his role in Irish series Ballykissangel.
The Hollywood star starred in the drama from 1998-1999 and admitted it was the best thing that happened to him for his career.
Speaking about his new role in True Detective, Colin said although the series is on another level, he appreciates the experience on the Irish series.
“It was very different from the days when I worked on Ballykissangel for the BBC,” he said.
Never forget: Ballykissangel kickstarted Colin’s career
“HBO is a little bit different, you know what I mean? Which is not slagging Ballykissangel, it was one of the f*****g greatest things that
ever happened to me.
“But I didn’t notice any difference at all as an actor on the inside and particularly HBO,” he explained.
Speaking to The Sun Colin opened up about joining the award-winning serious and admitted he was nervous.
“I had quite a bit of fear about it because I was like, ‘Oh the daggers will be out’. But I read the scripts and they were just so good and
you just have to go where the writing is good at the end of the day,” he said.
New role: Colin stars in the new True Detective
“The standard of television is extraordinary. It really is. And I don’t know what the reasons for that are but for me personally,
from the inside, my experience is that there was no difference.
“I have done films that didn’t have the quality of scripts that the eight episodes of True Detective had and I’ve done films that had
smaller production values,” he added.
