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class="b-it-headline align-center">‘Lots of guests got tattooed’: Jack Reynor and best man Sam Keeley on his wedding, making speeches and remaining friends</h1></div><div class="c-stack grid-item grid-column-span-3" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"></div></div></div></div><div id="lazy_52885" class="lazy_container"><div class="b-flex-chain"><div class="b-flex-chain__grid-container b-flex-chain__grid-container__363 gap" style="--c-stack-gap:var(--global-spacing-0)"><div class="c-stack grid-item grid-column-span-3" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"></div><div class="c-stack grid-item grid-column-span-6" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><h2 class="b-it-subheadline align-center ">Irish actors Jack Reynor and Sam Keeley met before being cast in Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did and remain very close, to the point that Keeley was recently best man at Reynor’s wedding</h2></div><div class="c-stack grid-item grid-column-span-3" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="c-stack b-it-slim-content__full-width-bleed" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><div id="lazy_3524" class="lazy_container"><div class="b-flex-chain"><div class="b-flex-chain__grid-container b-flex-chain__grid-container__363 gap"><div class="c-stack grid-item grid-column-span-3" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" 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Jack wears: jacket, Louis Vuitton SS25 collection coming soon; T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.99; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; shoes, Jacks own. 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And he was like: ‘Yeah. Who the f**k are you?’ Ha, ha, ha!”</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">In the decade that followed they have been everywhere. Reynor, who lives near his childhood home in Blessington, Co Wicklow, shot <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/transformers-age-of-extinction-review-think-rape-culture-is-a-myth-think-again-1.1860595" target="_blank">Transformers: Age of Extinction</a> and <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/midsommar-this-horror-comedy-starring-jack-reynor-is-a-five-star-movie-1.3946537" target="_blank">Midsommar</a> in the US. Keeley, raised in Tullamore, Co Offaly, travelled the world for films such as <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/in-the-heart-of-the-sea-review-they-messed-with-the-wrong-whale-1.2476106" target="_blank">In The Heart of the Sea</a>, <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/siege-of-jadotville-review-suave-brave-acting-by-jamie-dornan-1.2797169" target="_blank">The Siege of Jadotville</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/apr/30/monsters-dark-continent-film-review" target="_blank">Monsters: Dark Continent</a>. He has just wrapped up a seven-month shoot on a crime saga from Brad Ingelsby, the man behind Mayor of Easttown. The series, provisionally titled Task, co-stars Mark Ruffalo and unstoppable Cork actor <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/alison-oliver/" target="_blank">Alison Oliver</a>.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“That was in Philadelphia,” he says. “I made that my base for the seven months. But, yes, it’s a certain allotment of time. I just wrote it off and thought: yeah, just get stuck in.”</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“He made sure he preserved the sanctity of the week of my wedding so he could come home to be my best man,” Reynor interjects.</p><div id="fusion-static-enter:html-block-f0fc3QAjj3SVaXs-3-4-0" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="html-block-f0fc3QAjj3SVaXs-3-4-0"></div><div><div style="border-block-start: 4px solid var(--global-neutral-2);font-family:var(--font-family-secondary);font-weight: var(--c-heading-font-weight);font-size:1.1rem; padding-top:0.8rem;margin-top:2rem;">READ MORE</div></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:html-block-f0fc3QAjj3SVaXs-3-4-0" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="html-block-f0fc3QAjj3SVaXs-3-4-0"></div><div class="c-grid b-top-table-list"><div class="c-grid b-top-table-list-small-container b-top-table-list-small-container--3"><article class="c-grid b-top-table-list-small b-top-table-list-small--right"><h2 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/life-style/people/2024/11/22/jack-reynor-and-sam-keeleys-friendship-wedding-tattoos-christmas-pints-and-doner-kebabs/">‘Lots of guests got tattooed’: Jack Reynor and best man Sam Keeley on his wedding, making speeches and remaining friends</a></h2><a class="c-link" href="/life-style/people/2024/11/22/jack-reynor-and-sam-keeleys-friendship-wedding-tattoos-christmas-pints-and-doner-kebabs/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><figure class="c-media-item"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="‘Lots of guests got tattooed’: Jack Reynor and best man Sam Keeley on his wedding, making speeches and remaining friends" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?focal=1284%2C2022&auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?focal=1284%2C2022&auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?focal=1284%2C2022&auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=600&height=399 600w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?focal=1284%2C2022&auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=800&height=533 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?focal=1284%2C2022&auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=1200&height=799 1200w" width="800" height="533"/></figure></a><hr class="c-divider"/></article><article class="c-grid b-top-table-list-small b-top-table-list-small--right"><h2 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/culture/music/2024/12/24/the-best-christmas-playlist-according-to-the-pros/">The best Christmas playlist, according to the pros</a></h2><a class="c-link" href="/culture/music/2024/12/24/the-best-christmas-playlist-according-to-the-pros/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><figure class="c-media-item"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="The best Christmas playlist, according to the pros" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTRZCOVEVBCX5OGG6UJKBSV27Q.jpg?focal=2815%2C720&auth=52730aed530aea2596c59c9754527b51010dac5829189d91eac9b7ea0bdbe9c4&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTRZCOVEVBCX5OGG6UJKBSV27Q.jpg?focal=2815%2C720&auth=52730aed530aea2596c59c9754527b51010dac5829189d91eac9b7ea0bdbe9c4&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTRZCOVEVBCX5OGG6UJKBSV27Q.jpg?focal=2815%2C720&auth=52730aed530aea2596c59c9754527b51010dac5829189d91eac9b7ea0bdbe9c4&width=600&height=399 600w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTRZCOVEVBCX5OGG6UJKBSV27Q.jpg?focal=2815%2C720&auth=52730aed530aea2596c59c9754527b51010dac5829189d91eac9b7ea0bdbe9c4&width=800&height=533 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NTRZCOVEVBCX5OGG6UJKBSV27Q.jpg?focal=2815%2C720&auth=52730aed530aea2596c59c9754527b51010dac5829189d91eac9b7ea0bdbe9c4&width=1200&height=799 1200w" width="800" height="533"/></figure></a><hr class="c-divider"/></article><article class="c-grid b-top-table-list-small b-top-table-list-small--right"><h2 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/life-style/people/2024/12/19/bressies-christmas-once-someone-suggested-having-duck-it-was-never-mentioned-again/">Bressie’s Christmas: ‘Once someone suggested having duck. It was never mentioned again’</a></h2><a class="c-link" href="/life-style/people/2024/12/19/bressies-christmas-once-someone-suggested-having-duck-it-was-never-mentioned-again/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><figure class="c-media-item"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Bressie’s Christmas: ‘Once someone suggested having duck. It was never mentioned again’" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CBKYVFDXYJED5B6NICER3SHOMM.jpg?focal=1044%2C928&auth=eb4144ed1e35c5773faff41c00b9d90ef2c025e1e0840da242cc0f0dd7cfbbf7&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CBKYVFDXYJED5B6NICER3SHOMM.jpg?focal=1044%2C928&auth=eb4144ed1e35c5773faff41c00b9d90ef2c025e1e0840da242cc0f0dd7cfbbf7&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CBKYVFDXYJED5B6NICER3SHOMM.jpg?focal=1044%2C928&auth=eb4144ed1e35c5773faff41c00b9d90ef2c025e1e0840da242cc0f0dd7cfbbf7&width=600&height=399 600w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CBKYVFDXYJED5B6NICER3SHOMM.jpg?focal=1044%2C928&auth=eb4144ed1e35c5773faff41c00b9d90ef2c025e1e0840da242cc0f0dd7cfbbf7&width=800&height=533 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CBKYVFDXYJED5B6NICER3SHOMM.jpg?focal=1044%2C928&auth=eb4144ed1e35c5773faff41c00b9d90ef2c025e1e0840da242cc0f0dd7cfbbf7&width=1200&height=799 1200w" width="800" height="533"/></figure></a><hr class="c-divider"/></article></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Ah yes. I was getting to that. The word had, indeed, got to me that Keeley performed speechifying and ring-handling duties at Reynor’s recent marriage to long-term partner Madeline Mulqueen. What sort of questions am I supposed to ask? Something about the cake? The dress?</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“We had been engaged for so long, 11 years, waiting to do it,” says Reynor. “We were very much in two minds about whether we were going to do it like an elopement – a really small thing – or whether we would just go the full hog. In the end we did it down in Wicklow, where we live. It was beautiful. We had about 220 people there over three or four days. It was just class. We just got back the wedding album.”</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fuQba8T6Jr6YD-3-4-3-9007e3907c731" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0fuQba8T6Jr6YD-3-4-3-9007e3907c731" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">It sounds as though Reynor and Mulqueen, a former model from Limerick, were at home to the traditions. But there was some innovation. He tells me they had a tattoo artist. What now?</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“Eighty-eight people ended up getting tattooed,” says Reynor. “There were a few done after hours as well. Probably a little misjudged. But it was actually gas, because the majority of people who got the tattoos were the older relatives in the family who never would have got tattoos before.”</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 532;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Madeline Mulqueen and Jack Reynor attend the HHHH Paris Premiere in 2017. Photograph: Dominique Charriau/WireImage" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2QYC7CRSRB3JDQA5A5YYAS2NI.jpg?auth=4f23794679d50652113811ef2c315b7dba457e296a678cd69aa147aff94d7fe2&width=800&height=532" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2QYC7CRSRB3JDQA5A5YYAS2NI.jpg?auth=4f23794679d50652113811ef2c315b7dba457e296a678cd69aa147aff94d7fe2&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2QYC7CRSRB3JDQA5A5YYAS2NI.jpg?auth=4f23794679d50652113811ef2c315b7dba457e296a678cd69aa147aff94d7fe2&width=440&height=292 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2QYC7CRSRB3JDQA5A5YYAS2NI.jpg?auth=4f23794679d50652113811ef2c315b7dba457e296a678cd69aa147aff94d7fe2&width=800&height=532 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2QYC7CRSRB3JDQA5A5YYAS2NI.jpg?auth=4f23794679d50652113811ef2c315b7dba457e296a678cd69aa147aff94d7fe2&width=1024&height=680 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/N2QYC7CRSRB3JDQA5A5YYAS2NI.jpg?auth=4f23794679d50652113811ef2c315b7dba457e296a678cd69aa147aff94d7fe2&width=1440&height=957 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="532"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Madeline Mulqueen and Jack Reynor attend the HHHH Paris Premiere in 2017. Photograph: Dominique Charriau/WireImage </span></figcaption></figure></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">How was the speech?</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“Madeline was like: ‘Don’t, be reading off your phones. I want everybody to print it out on paper,’” says Keeley. “I said: ‘I haven’t written anything. I’m just going to freeball and see how I get on.’ She was like: ‘Write the speech!’ Ha, ha! It was good in the end.”</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 1200;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Jack Reynor wears: navy jacket, Ami Paris at Brown Thomas, €980; rust T-shirt, Tommy Hilfiger at Best Menswear, €39.90; navy trousers, Ami Paris at Brown Thomas, €580; shoes, Timberland at Jervis Shopping Centre, €165. Sam Keeley wears: grey shearling jacket, Paul Smith at Zalando, €1,635; black T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.99; trousers, Prada at Brown Thomas, €1450; shoes, Sam’s own. Photograph: Emily Quinn" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L7AWTF5XSNHPFIH5DTR5B5AVMY.jpg?auth=dc2291b11a2eb7865615ec759154916dcb7376de69616ed9a1f39cfb84ca9253&width=800&height=1200" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L7AWTF5XSNHPFIH5DTR5B5AVMY.jpg?auth=dc2291b11a2eb7865615ec759154916dcb7376de69616ed9a1f39cfb84ca9253&width=400&height=600 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L7AWTF5XSNHPFIH5DTR5B5AVMY.jpg?auth=dc2291b11a2eb7865615ec759154916dcb7376de69616ed9a1f39cfb84ca9253&width=440&height=660 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L7AWTF5XSNHPFIH5DTR5B5AVMY.jpg?auth=dc2291b11a2eb7865615ec759154916dcb7376de69616ed9a1f39cfb84ca9253&width=800&height=1200 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L7AWTF5XSNHPFIH5DTR5B5AVMY.jpg?auth=dc2291b11a2eb7865615ec759154916dcb7376de69616ed9a1f39cfb84ca9253&width=1024&height=1536 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/L7AWTF5XSNHPFIH5DTR5B5AVMY.jpg?auth=dc2291b11a2eb7865615ec759154916dcb7376de69616ed9a1f39cfb84ca9253&width=1440&height=2160 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="1200"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Jack Reynor wears: navy jacket, Ami Paris at Brown Thomas, €980; rust T-shirt, Tommy Hilfiger at Best Menswear, €39.90; navy trousers, Ami Paris at Brown Thomas, €580; shoes, Timberland at Jervis Shopping Centre, €165. Sam Keeley wears: grey shearling jacket, Paul Smith at Zalando, €1,635; black T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.99; trousers, Prada at Brown Thomas, €1450; shoes, Sam’s own. Photograph: Emily Quinn </span></figcaption></figure></div><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 533;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Jack Reynor wears: cream shearling jacket, Belstaff, €2,395; T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.99; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; shoes, Jacks own. Sam Keeley wears: cream jumper, Inis Meáin, €560; jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €90; boots, Sam’s own. Photograph: Emily Quinn" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5U35CDF4BAMFKFJPJ2C2QXPBM.jpg?auth=3878d9f616cb2c677089454fa2eb20b0b255e324020a78957e2b216e14f23fd0&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5U35CDF4BAMFKFJPJ2C2QXPBM.jpg?auth=3878d9f616cb2c677089454fa2eb20b0b255e324020a78957e2b216e14f23fd0&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5U35CDF4BAMFKFJPJ2C2QXPBM.jpg?auth=3878d9f616cb2c677089454fa2eb20b0b255e324020a78957e2b216e14f23fd0&width=440&height=293 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5U35CDF4BAMFKFJPJ2C2QXPBM.jpg?auth=3878d9f616cb2c677089454fa2eb20b0b255e324020a78957e2b216e14f23fd0&width=800&height=533 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5U35CDF4BAMFKFJPJ2C2QXPBM.jpg?auth=3878d9f616cb2c677089454fa2eb20b0b255e324020a78957e2b216e14f23fd0&width=1024&height=682 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/G5U35CDF4BAMFKFJPJ2C2QXPBM.jpg?auth=3878d9f616cb2c677089454fa2eb20b0b255e324020a78957e2b216e14f23fd0&width=1440&height=959 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="533"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Jack Reynor wears: cream shearling jacket, Belstaff, €2,395; T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.99; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; shoes, Jacks own. Sam Keeley wears: cream jumper, Inis Meáin, €560; jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €90; boots, Sam’s own. Photograph: Emily Quinn </span></figcaption></figure></div><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 1199;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Sam wears: tweed coat, Magee 1866, €675; jumper, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €560; black jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €90; boots, Sam’s own. Jack wears: jacket, Louis Vuitton SS25 collection coming soon; T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.99; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; shoes, Jacks own. Photograph: Emily Quinn" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=800&height=1199" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=400&height=599 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=440&height=659 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=800&height=1199 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=1024&height=1534 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VCAMNJ5BZ5BWBO3A634H3OS7LY.jpg?auth=36824a46736b8f3c83d510a4d5464c460b47435171f7b99b00c5b1da46657187&width=1440&height=2158 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="1199"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Jack wears: jacket, Louis Vuitton SS25 collection coming soon; T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.99; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; shoes, Jacks own. Sam wears: tweed coat, Magee 1866, €675; jumper, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €560; black jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €90; boots, Sam’s own. Photograph: Emily Quinn </span></figcaption></figure></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">The Irish acting pool is bigger than it used to be. Keeley and Reynor, the former brooding, the latter friskier, are roughly in the same generation as Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Jessie Buckley and a dozen other risen Irish stars. But we are still talking about a tight community. The two chums have managed to stay in touch over the decades. Keeley, who lives much of the year in Iceland, may be growling as Eric “Viking” Kinsella in the hit TV series Kin. Reynor may be playing against Tom Holland in the Russo Brothers’ Cherry. But they still find time for each other.</p><p class="c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link"><span>[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="c-link" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2024/02/23/kin-star-sam-keeley-i-failed-my-leaving-i-dont-know-if-acting-was-a-good-idea-but-it-worked-for-me/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Kin star Sam Keeley: ‘I failed my Leaving. I don’t know if acting was a good idea, but it worked for me’<span class="visually-hidden">Opens in new window</span></a><span> ]</span></p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“We absolutely make the effort,” says Reynor. “I never wanted to live outside of Ireland. I just bought a house a mile away from the house I grew up in. That part of the world is so important to me. Sam lives in Iceland. He’ll speak more to his relationship with Ireland. But we’re both at home for the important things and we make sure we get together.”</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fVXNppHnA0bqg-3-4-4-19810805af7195" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0fVXNppHnA0bqg-3-4-4-19810805af7195" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“I chose exile,” says Keeley with a laugh.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“Like James Joyce?”</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“Yeah! My partner’s from there,” he says. “We’ve been together for nearly 10 years now. I have family there now. I have a life there. Iceland was always a place that I would go to when I wasn’t working as a home away from home.”</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 1199;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Jack Reynor wears: Khaki over-shirt, Belstaff, €295; cream knit, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €560; corduroy trousers, M&S, €50; boots, M&S, €110. Sam Keeley wears: cream jacket, Burberry at Brown Thomas, €1,690; Khaki T-shirt, Boss at Zalando, €54.95; cream trousers, Burberry at Brown Thomas, €890; loafers, Louis Vuitton SS25 coming soon. Photograph: Emily Quinn" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ICESEBFT2RBB7H6CY5ZECUCLPQ.jpg?auth=2bf0c78b580dca3b2337f9d7539d2a57d568cc7e253435aad1e9288258044b56&width=800&height=1199" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ICESEBFT2RBB7H6CY5ZECUCLPQ.jpg?auth=2bf0c78b580dca3b2337f9d7539d2a57d568cc7e253435aad1e9288258044b56&width=400&height=599 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ICESEBFT2RBB7H6CY5ZECUCLPQ.jpg?auth=2bf0c78b580dca3b2337f9d7539d2a57d568cc7e253435aad1e9288258044b56&width=440&height=659 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ICESEBFT2RBB7H6CY5ZECUCLPQ.jpg?auth=2bf0c78b580dca3b2337f9d7539d2a57d568cc7e253435aad1e9288258044b56&width=800&height=1199 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ICESEBFT2RBB7H6CY5ZECUCLPQ.jpg?auth=2bf0c78b580dca3b2337f9d7539d2a57d568cc7e253435aad1e9288258044b56&width=1024&height=1534 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ICESEBFT2RBB7H6CY5ZECUCLPQ.jpg?auth=2bf0c78b580dca3b2337f9d7539d2a57d568cc7e253435aad1e9288258044b56&width=1440&height=2158 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="1199"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Jack Reynor wears: khaki over-shirt, Belstaff, €295; cream knit, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €560; corduroy trousers, M&S, €50; boots, M&S, €110. Sam Keeley wears: cream jacket, Burberry at Brown Thomas, €1,690; Khaki T-shirt, Boss at Zalando, €54.95; cream trousers, Burberry at Brown Thomas, €890; loafers, Louis Vuitton SS25 coming soon. Photograph: Emily Quinn </span></figcaption></figure></div><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 1199;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Jack Reynor wears: cardigan, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €545; Jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €110; Boots, Levi’s at Zalando, €120. Sam Keeley wears: grey jumper, Irelands Eye Knitwear, €136.95; trousers, Prada at Brown Thomas, €1,450. Photograph: Emily Quinn" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6W2ST53YZCYFKZZK4VW56Y4KA.jpg?auth=832a9c9a5fe4055db528ea2ca652e41c71bb4393b2654261e1dfad681de8d18e&width=800&height=1199" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6W2ST53YZCYFKZZK4VW56Y4KA.jpg?auth=832a9c9a5fe4055db528ea2ca652e41c71bb4393b2654261e1dfad681de8d18e&width=400&height=599 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6W2ST53YZCYFKZZK4VW56Y4KA.jpg?auth=832a9c9a5fe4055db528ea2ca652e41c71bb4393b2654261e1dfad681de8d18e&width=440&height=659 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6W2ST53YZCYFKZZK4VW56Y4KA.jpg?auth=832a9c9a5fe4055db528ea2ca652e41c71bb4393b2654261e1dfad681de8d18e&width=800&height=1199 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6W2ST53YZCYFKZZK4VW56Y4KA.jpg?auth=832a9c9a5fe4055db528ea2ca652e41c71bb4393b2654261e1dfad681de8d18e&width=1024&height=1534 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/S6W2ST53YZCYFKZZK4VW56Y4KA.jpg?auth=832a9c9a5fe4055db528ea2ca652e41c71bb4393b2654261e1dfad681de8d18e&width=1440&height=2158 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="1199"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Jack Reynor wears: cardigan, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €545; Jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €110; Boots, Levi’s at Zalando, €120. Sam Keeley wears: grey jumper, Irelands Eye Knitwear, €136.95; trousers, Prada at Brown Thomas, €1,450. Photograph: Emily Quinn </span></figcaption></figure></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Both men are doing all right for themselves. Reynor has just shot his third film for <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/john-carney/" target="_blank">John Carney</a>, master of the low-key Dublin musical. Power Ballad, co-starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, follows on from the same partnership’s Sing Street and <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2023/09/22/flora-and-son-eve-hewson-just-about-convinces-as-an-inner-city-mum/" target="_blank">Flora and Son</a>. <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2024/09/05/the-perfect-couple-review-eve-hewson-aside-this-white-lotus-esque-thriller-is-exhausting-stuff/" target="_blank">The Perfect Couple</a>, a big glossy drama in which Reynor co-starred with Nicole Kidman and Eve Hewson, landed on Netflix a few months ago.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“She’s very intense, but in a great way,” he says of Kidman. “She walks on the set and you really feel her presence when she comes into the room. We had all been shooting for about six weeks before she arrived, and there was a lot of improv. I don’t think she was aware that there was so much improv. She had come very prepared. She was on the script.”</p><p class="c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link"><span>[ </span><a aria-label="Open related story" class="c-link" href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2022/10/21/the-peripheral-chloe-grace-moretz-and-jack-reynor-star-in-stay-in-and-binge-prestige-tv-of-the-highest-quality/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">The Peripheral: Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor star in stay-in-and-binge prestige TV of the highest quality<span class="visually-hidden">Opens in new window</span></a><span> ]</span></p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Susanne Bier, the director, had been using Reynor to agitate the scene – to throw lines in randomly. “Nicole would be in the middle of something, and I would just say really obscene things right across her lines,” he says. “She would turn around and look at me and just stare me out of it. And I was like: I have to keep doing this. It’s my job. That’s why I’m here. But she has such an intense glare.”</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fYKctXj7wt6xL-3-4-5-34260d84be921" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0fYKctXj7wt6xL-3-4-5-34260d84be921" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">He chortles as he clarifies that she quickly got it. “She has a great sense of humour. She’s got a real Aussie sense of humour.”</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Meanwhile, Keeley is looking forward to the release of a big, flashy retelling of the William Tell story, featuring <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2022/09/20/back-with-a-bang-the-dane-who-conquered-ireland/" target="_blank">Claes Bang</a> from Bad Sisters as the titular Swiss apple sniper.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“We just premiered that in Zurich,” he says. “And there is a lot of pressure. Here we are premiering a film a bunch of foreigners have made about a Swiss folk hero. But they seem to be really pleased with it.”</p><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 1200;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Sam Keeley wears: yellow cardigan, Ami Paris at Brown Thomas, €575; black T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.95; black jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €90; Boots, Sam’s own. Jack Reynor wears: knitted jumper, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €525; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; boots, M&S, €110. Photograph: Emily Quinn" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEVXYHQHPVFHND66RHDONAOF7Q.jpg?auth=43de20b41fd09a27b5383955917c15dc2defa349f548f812c1fe3c38460225b6&width=800&height=1200" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEVXYHQHPVFHND66RHDONAOF7Q.jpg?auth=43de20b41fd09a27b5383955917c15dc2defa349f548f812c1fe3c38460225b6&width=400&height=600 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEVXYHQHPVFHND66RHDONAOF7Q.jpg?auth=43de20b41fd09a27b5383955917c15dc2defa349f548f812c1fe3c38460225b6&width=440&height=660 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEVXYHQHPVFHND66RHDONAOF7Q.jpg?auth=43de20b41fd09a27b5383955917c15dc2defa349f548f812c1fe3c38460225b6&width=800&height=1200 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEVXYHQHPVFHND66RHDONAOF7Q.jpg?auth=43de20b41fd09a27b5383955917c15dc2defa349f548f812c1fe3c38460225b6&width=1024&height=1536 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KEVXYHQHPVFHND66RHDONAOF7Q.jpg?auth=43de20b41fd09a27b5383955917c15dc2defa349f548f812c1fe3c38460225b6&width=1440&height=2160 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="1200"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Sam Keeley wears: yellow cardigan, Ami Paris at Brown Thomas, €575; black T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.95; black jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €90; Boots, Sam’s own. Jack Reynor wears: knitted jumper, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €525; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; boots, M&S, €110. Photograph: Emily Quinn </span></figcaption></figure></div><div class=" paywall"><figure class="c-media-item"><div style="aspect-ratio:800 / 533;background-color:var(--global-neutral-1)" class=""><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Jack Reynor wears: knitted jumper, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €525; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; boots, M&S, €110. Sam Keeley wears: yellow cardigan, Ami Paris at Brown Thomas, €575; black T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.95; black jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €90; boots, Sam’s own. Photograph: Emily Quinn" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYEVICT6M5HABGLIJSXKTURCDQ.jpg?auth=893a962fb60943b380520a0fd8a5a08679e37ea094dc2cbc7f32e6643176fb2f&width=800&height=533" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYEVICT6M5HABGLIJSXKTURCDQ.jpg?auth=893a962fb60943b380520a0fd8a5a08679e37ea094dc2cbc7f32e6643176fb2f&width=400&height=266 400w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYEVICT6M5HABGLIJSXKTURCDQ.jpg?auth=893a962fb60943b380520a0fd8a5a08679e37ea094dc2cbc7f32e6643176fb2f&width=440&height=293 440w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYEVICT6M5HABGLIJSXKTURCDQ.jpg?auth=893a962fb60943b380520a0fd8a5a08679e37ea094dc2cbc7f32e6643176fb2f&width=800&height=533 800w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYEVICT6M5HABGLIJSXKTURCDQ.jpg?auth=893a962fb60943b380520a0fd8a5a08679e37ea094dc2cbc7f32e6643176fb2f&width=1024&height=682 1024w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ZYEVICT6M5HABGLIJSXKTURCDQ.jpg?auth=893a962fb60943b380520a0fd8a5a08679e37ea094dc2cbc7f32e6643176fb2f&width=1440&height=959 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 400px, (max-width: 440px) 440px, (max-width: 800px) 800px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 1025px) 1440px" width="800" height="533"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Jack Reynor wears: knitted jumper, Inis Meáin Knitwear, €525; trousers, Massimo Dutti, €89.95; boots, M&S, €110. Sam Keeley wears: yellow cardigan, Ami Paris at Brown Thomas, €575; black T-shirt, Selected at Jervis Shopping Centre, €24.95; black jeans, Levi’s at Zalando, €90; boots, Sam’s own. Photograph: Emily Quinn </span></figcaption></figure></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Before that reaches us we have the small business of another Christmas to get out of the way.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“The stuff I get excited about at Christmas is meeting up and having a few pints,” says Reynor.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“Unless you’re on a production that carries over from one year to the next, that’s the time everybody gets to go home and be with their families,” says Keeley. “Particularly that week before Christmas. That run-up is usually a time where we get to see each other and get to meet and catch up. I still love Christmas. Though I know that can vary for people.”</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0f6RPR7vA01bMt-3-4-6-15ccb416384761" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature" style="--mobile-display:block;--tablet-display:block;--desktop-display:block"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:728px"><div id="arcad_f0f6RPR7vA01bMt-3-4-6-15ccb416384761" class="arcad ad-728x90"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“I love the stuff we eat at Christmas,” says Reynor. “In Blessington, there’s a chipper called Macari’s. They have a donor kebab. And I swear to God it’s the best. We call it the no-put-downer. 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I was getting to that. The word had, indeed, got to me that Keeley performed speechifying and ring-handling duties at Reynor’s recent marriage to long-term partner Madeline Mulqueen. What sort of questions am I supposed to ask? Something about the cake? The dress?","type":"text","paywall":"paywall"},{"_id":"HEBDTNTWCZAN7EWXWMU52F4ORA","additional_properties":{"_id":1730910815672,"comments":[],"inline_comments":[]},"content":"“We had been engaged for so long, 11 years, waiting to do it,” says Reynor. “We were very much in two minds about whether we were going to do it like an elopement – a really small thing – or whether we would just go the full hog. In the end we did it down in Wicklow, where we live. It was beautiful. We had about 220 people there over three or four days. It was just class. 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Keeley and Reynor, the former brooding, the latter friskier, are roughly in the same generation as Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Jessie Buckley and a dozen other risen Irish stars. But we are still talking about a tight community. The two chums have managed to stay in touch over the decades. Keeley, who lives much of the year in Iceland, may be growling as Eric “Viking” Kinsella in the hit TV series Kin. Reynor may be playing against Tom Holland in the Russo Brothers’ Cherry. But they still find time for each other.","type":"text","paywall":"paywall"},{"_id":"SMCQMOE2Y5FWBBDYZRJFJMH6RE","additional_properties":{"_id":"QZH5PEM6RNAABL4I7IINSZNOS4","comments":[]},"content":"Kin star Sam Keeley: ‘I failed my Leaving. 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It’s just that you sounded very like my current husband there. Continue talking.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"DWT3MKOMBVHBZMUPZA372M5KXM","additional_properties":{},"content":"“The next thing I would advise you to do is get a second debit cord, obviously one that isn’t linked to your joint bank account. Ideally, this cord would be under a different name – perhaps using your middle name as a first name. And remember, keep the cord topped up by handing over cash in person in the actual bank.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"IQOLROHDHNEA5OKSEC72E2RZ74","additional_properties":{},"content":"“Gosh, Steve, that’s very, em, clever of you.”","type":"text"},{"_id":"SFHZMCXIEBGHTCMUWCES363XEA","additional_properties":{},"content":"“If you’re going out on dates with your affair person, destroy all paper receipts before you go home. Don’t tell yourself that you’ll put them in the shredder later on because you’ll forget. Drop them on the spot – like a hitman with a hot gun. 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