Film extras in demand for Asterix invasion

DO you think you could pass for a Norman or a Roman from around 50BC and want to be part of a new €50 million movie starring Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve?

Well, if so, all roads lead to Ennistymon and Lisdoonvarna in north Clare over the coming days where the producers of Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia will be casting for 200 males to form the ranks of the disputing Roman and Norman armies.

Extras co-ordinator with the mainly French production, Ciara Lyons, said yesterday that the extras will be required for a major stand-off in the movie which will be shot amidst the Burren near the cliffs at Doolin on the north Clare coast in September.