Is Sundance Ready for Irish Rap Trio Kneecap’s Wild Michael Fassbender-Starring Biopic? They ‘Just Don’t Give a S—,’ Director Says (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAlex Ritman One of the reasons Rich Peppiatt moved to Belfast was, he claims, for a quieter life with his family away from the London scene.
Unfortunately, within a few months he’d become entangled with the hard-partying and anarchic Northern Irish rap group Kneecap and, as the British tabloid journalist turned filmmaker tells Variety, was “rolling home at 7 in the morning on a Tuesday.” Such nocturnal binges can now, however, be squarely put down as part of a crucial movie-making process.
Several years (and many, many late-night sessions) after their first boozy meeting, Peppiatt heads to Sundance with “Kneecap,” his wildly energetic comedy almost-biopic about the three-piece band starring one of cinema’s biggest names: Michael Fassbender. “Kneecap” is Sundance’s first Irish-language feature.
But for all the history-making when it bows in the festival’s NEXT section on Jan. 18, it may end up being the rappers themselves who steal the headlines.
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