About Time Gleeson did a rom-com

DOMHNALL Gleeson holds up a pint of Guinness and takes a sip.

“Isn’t that the most perfect pint you’ve ever seen?” he asks. We’re sitting in the Merrion Hotel, Dublin, and mine is the final interview of a day-long junket promoting his new movie, About Time.

Created by Richard Curtis, king of the feel-good rom-com, this is the director’s last movie, with a coup of a role, one that could propel Gleeson from the position of indie stalwart to Hollywood heartthrob. I’m intrigued to see how he feels about being on this cusp.