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Chris O’Dowd is reuniting with his "Moone Boy" co-star for a brand new show.
Roscommon native and Hollywood star O’Dowd is best known in Ireland for his smash hit series "Moone Boy," where he played the imaginary friend of a quirky young boy (David Rawle) from the town of Boyle.
David Rawle and Chris O'Dowd in "Moone Boy."
With the series off the air since 2015, David and Chris will be appearing in "Small Town Big Story," which is set to be released next year on Sky.
The six-part series tells the tale of the fictional town of Drumbán, a rural village of rattled misfits on the border of Ireland, and what happens when a Hollywood production rolls into town and throws a spotlight on a secret that’s been kept hidden for decades.
The star-studded show features "Mad Men’s" Christina Hendricks, "House of the Dragon’s" Paddy Considine, and Eileen Walsh, who recently appeared in "Small Things Like These" alongside Cillian Murphy.
The locals in The White Ridge bar, a quintessential Irish pub at the heart of the village. A gathering place for a band of Drumbánian oddballs, including Keith McCurdle (David Wilmot), Barbara the butcher (Michelle Forbes), Matt Magee (Peter McGann), and barkeep Shelly McGoldrick (Evanne Kilgallon). (Sky TV)
"It’s coming out in February on Sky, and it’s like a sci-fi comedy drama about this slightly meta concept of this huge Hollywood production coming to this small town in rural Ireland.
"It unearths some secrets that have been buried since the millennium, and all sorts of shenanigans.
"It’s a brilliant script and a mad idea for a TV show, and it’s got a cast including Eileen Walsh, Paddy Considine and Christina Hendricks. It was just such a joy to work with Chris again after so many years, and we worked together so well again," David told the Sunday World.
Wendy Patterson (Christina Hendricks), a local girl who found success as a TV producer in Los Angeles returns to Drumbán after over 20 years, having left under something of a cloud. Back in the chaotic microcosm of Drumbán, this time with a film crew in tow, Wendy is caught between her past and her epic new production. (Sky TV)
After breaking out onto the scene as a youngster, David has gone on to star in Australian/Irish TV show "Drop Dead Weird," as well as the 2020 comedy film "Pixie."
Reflecting on "Moone Boy," he said: "It completely changed my life. I think I had never considered acting as something that was possible — working on a film set, or watching yourself on telly.
"That world just felt too far removed from anything that seemed achievable, and then to suddenly be there, and to be doing it, and be enjoying this as much as I did, and to be having as much fun, and to make friends for life, that was such an incredibly special experience.
"It gave me a confidence in myself as a person, and it was from initially this thing kind of falling into my lap."
He added: "That took me a few years to realise, because it just felt too lucky that the first thing that I tried…. I was like, I’ll have to try other things surely? But no, it was the thing that I kept coming back to.
"It’s been wonderful to have had such a positive first experience in a creative world that can be very challenging and can be very precarious and uncertain."
*This article was originally published on Extra.ie.