Michael Fassbender to give Actors Masterclass at the 21st Galway Film Fleadh

The Galway Film Fleadh/GalwayFilmCentre/Hubbard Casting in association with FÁS Screen Training Ireland are delighted to announce that Michael Fassbender will be the subject of this year’s Acting Masterclass. The Class will be facilitated by Daniel Hubbard and Mary Maguire of Hubbard Casting.

This might well be your last chance to see Michael Fassbender before he explodes onto the world stage.

As fate would have it, his first acting assignment was a stage version of Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. Ironic considering that some fifteen years later, he would be playing Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin’s latest opus, Inglorious Bastards.

But within those fifteen years, Michael has kept busy, establishing himself as a serious actor and learning his craft through quality HBO production, Band Of Brothers; Colin Bateman’s Murphy’s Law and Francois Ozon’s wonderful Angel.

But little prepared the uninitiated for Fassbender’s breakout performance in Steve McQueen’s stunning Hunger. Made all the more staggering that he only appears in the final two acts of the movie, Fassbender’s portrayal of hunger striker Bobby Sands is so complete, alive and dynamic that his performance possesses the movie.

He lost 40 pounds for the role, as the latter half of the movie chronicles Sands’ physical disintegration – but one gets the sense that Fassbender is nonchalant about weight loss and the hype it often generates: “Back in the day people used to fast all the time. They’d go on pilgrimages etc.” His task was to portray Sands – his physicality, intellect & passion; weight loss was incidental.

Those attending the Fleadh’s closing film, the wonderful Fish Tank, will be privy to another pitch perfect performance by Fassbender. A central tension in Fish Tank is the discovery of the true nature of Fassbender’s character, and it is another tribute to his ability as an actor that he manages to keep this tension simmering, revealing character and adding depth, until the film’s conclusion.

Please contact Mary Deely on 091770748 or at masterclasses@galwayfilmfleadh.com