‘Ballsy’ Irish actor to join Wahlberg in Transformers

The most famous Irish actor you’ve never heard of is to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in the next Transformer movie.

‘Ballsy’ Irish actor to join Wahlberg in Transformers

Jack Reynor, from Wicklow, may not be a household name either here or in the US, but he is about to be. The 22-year-old has beencast by Michael Bay to star opposite Wahlberg in Transformers 4 — about as big a blockbuster as you can get in terms of global recognition.

Bay is clearly a fan and said he was won over by the “ballsy” Wicklow man by watching his breakout performance in Lenny Abrahamson’s critically acclaimed What Richard Did. The film was based loosely on the tragic death of a Dublin teenager outside a nightclub in 2000.

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