Furey in running for role in new Affleck movie

Folk legend Finbar Furey has revealed he is in the running to star opposite Ben Affleck in a big budget Irish-American gangster movie.

Furey in running for role in new Affleck movie

The singer, who recently appeared in Love/Hate, has read for the part of Affleck’s Boston Irish father in the hotly anticipated Live By Night, which was penned by the creator of Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone.

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