My Life with Matt Real: 'I starred nude in a film written by my wife'

Killarney actor Matt Real gets into the nitty-gritty of taking it all off for his secondary-school sweetheart's directorial endeavours

Actor Matt Real: acting studies enabled him to be fully in control while acting in nudity scenes, one of which was filmed for the movie 'Contrition' written by his partner Rosie Byrne. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

It might have been like any other movie night were it not for one minor detail. I was starring naked in a short film written by my wife Rosie. 

The project itself was an arthouse production. Something of a conceptual piece, it centred around a man trapped in the clutches of addiction.