11-year-old Liverpool supporter to play Keane in new film

He’s Keane by name, alright, but the Cork boy who will play a movie version of the young Roy Keane turns out to be a Liverpool fan whose favourite player is Daniel Sturridge.

Hailing from Ballincollig, 11-year-old Craig Keane Harrington – no relation but, rather, what the producers call “a lucky coincidence” — has been picked to play the famous lead character in ‘Rockmount’, a film about a young boy from Cork who is determined to make it as a footballer.

“It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever cast,” said director Dave Tynan. “Craig just made it too hard not to pick him — he ticked every box.