The daughter of U2 frontman Bono plays a single mother in John Carney's new film 'Flora and Son'
presenter Ciara Kelly was responding to criticism of the daughter of U2 frontman Bono who plays a single mother in John Carney's new filmA lack of interest in a guitar she gives to her son for this birthday leads her to give it a go herself, and seek out online lessons from LA-based teacher Jack .Comedian Joseph McGucken has claimed the film is 'borderline offensive', labelling the portrayals as a 'shocking, out-dated' and 'out of touch'.
I know its made to tailor to an American audience, but my god. It's a shocking, out-dated, out of touch performance!"This kind of criticism irks me entirely - it's called acting for a reason," she said. "I don't think people would criticise Barry Keoghan if he was playing somebody posh and wealthy, I don't think we would see this in reverse."Are we saying only trans actors should play trans roles, or only Jewish actors should play Jewish roles?" she said.
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