Bring Them Down: Nora-Jane Noone on starring in the gritty thriller with Barry Keoghan 

We first saw Nora Jane Noone in The Magdalene Sisters, and more than 20 years later she has a leading role in highly-rated drama about two warring Irish families, writes Esther McCarthy

Nora Jane Noone in Bring Them Down with Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott.

In the gritty new Irish thriller Bring Them Down, Christopher Abbott steps up to the Irish-accent challenge - and then some. Not only does the US star deliver an accent that will leave many convinced he was born on these shores - he also learned Irish for many key scenes with his Irish-language speaking father (Colm Meaney).

Irish accents have eluded many stars over the years, but Abbott’s is one of the very best, prompting co-star Barry Keoghan to say, at the film’s world premiere in Toronto: “He sounds more Irish than I do.”