Culture That Made Me: Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke talks Paul Newman, Kevin Barry and Hilary Mantel

I saw Lord of the Rings in the Capitol Cineplex on the Grand Parade in Cork. It’s gone now. It’s such a loss. It had this old, Hollywood theatre feel to it... It’s a film I think of when I think of childhood magic

Eanna Hardwicke

Born in 1996, Éanna Hardwicke grew up in Glanmire, County Cork. In 2009, he caught the eye as a child actor in Conor McPherson’s horror film The Eclipse. Other notable screen credits include Normal People, Smother , and the Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga.

He will attend the Fastnet Film Festival (24-28 May), Schull, West Cork, for screenings and Q&As of two films he stars in, The Sparrow and Lakelands. See: fastnetfilmfestival.com