Rising Cork star and UK comedy legend cast as Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy in Saipan film

Mick McCarthy will be portrayed in the film by two-time Oscar nominee and Alan Partridge star Steve Coogan

Former Ireland captain Roy Keane will be played by Cork actor. Éanna Hardwicke.

Actor Éanna Hardwicke will portray fellow Corkman and former Ireland and Manchester United captain Roy Keane in a film chronicling the Saipan incident in the run up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Hardwicke, who has starred in TV shows such as Normal People and the Sixth Commandment, will act opposite two-time Oscar nominee and Alan Partridge creator Steve Coogan, who will portray former Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy.