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Irish Eye on Hollywood: John Cusack Scouts the North for Thomas Francis Meagher Film

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by 2 Comments

Irish American John Cusack recently went on a secret movie mission to Belfast. Chicago native Cusack (Say Anything, Being John Malkovich, Hot Tub Time Machine) was ostensibly in the North to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Belfast Film Festival. But as the Belfast Telegraph put it: “The A-lister, who is also a producer and screenwriter, used the trip to scout out a … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: John Cusack Scouts the North for Thomas Francis Meagher Film

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