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Trailer clip - \"The Guard\"AP EntertainmentBerlin, Germany, 14 February 20112. SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Gleeson - on his character, Gerry Boyle: \"He''s a very lonely man, really....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSHOTLIST(including transcript):-\u003cbr/\u003eOptimum Releasing\u003cbr/\u003e1. Trailer clip - \"The Guard\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eBerlin, Germany, 14 February 2011\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Gleeson - on his character, Gerry Boyle: \u003cbr/\u003e\"He''s a very lonely man, really. He''s a cop who''s stuck out in a place where he feels comfortable but unfulfilled. He knows his patch and he knows the petty compromises that have built up over the years to such an extent that he''s quite cynical about the whole situation.\" \u003cbr/\u003eOptimum Releasing\u003cbr/\u003e3. Film clip - \"The Guard\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eBerlin, Germany, 14 February 2011\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) John Michael McDonagh, writer/director - on Don Cheadle: \u003cbr/\u003e\"When Don knew Brendan was sort of attached that made him take it seriously - you read the script. We had a meeting with Don and he said yes the same time as Brendan did, so it was great. It was up and running immediately.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Gleeson - on Don Cheadle: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Don was great. It was life and art and all that, I presume that''s what you''re asking about. You really should ask Don at some point. There were some kind of interesting little kind of episodes, but I think he loved it over there.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Michael McDonagh, writer/director - on Don Cheadle: \u003cbr/\u003e\"He''s a really down to earth, normal person. There''s no sort of star diva attitude at all. He comes in, he''s great, gets on with everybody, does the job, then goes home. Terrific really.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOptimum Releasing\u003cbr/\u003e7. Film clip - \"The Guard\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eBerlin, Germany, 14 February 2011\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Gleeson - on the film''s sense of humor: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Oh, everybody gets absolutely slated. I mean, I''m from Dublin and Dublin people got the worst going over than black people or Romanians, but everybody gets it. And I do feel there is no malice in. I mean I think Boyle''s sense of humor is... I think yes to answer your question it is pretty consistent to what people do at home. It happens a lot.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOptimum Releasing\u003cbr/\u003e9.Film clip - \"The Guard\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eBerlin, Germany, 14 February 2011\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) John Michael McDonagh, writer/director - on hopes for the film: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the film could play quite broad. I''d like to see it. I think it''s a very good comedy and there''s not that many good comedies around. I think people should go and see ''The Guard'' rather than the latest Ashton Kutcher/ Katherine Heigl movie basically and I hope they will.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOptimum Releasing\u003cbr/\u003e11. Film clip - \"The Guard\"\u003cbr/\u003eDon Cheadle can consider himself an honorary Irishman.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Hollywood A-lister stars in new comedy \"The Guard,\" which was shot entirely in Ireland. \u003cbr/\u003eCheadle plays FBI agent Wendell Everett, sent to the quiet town of Galway to try to intercept a narcotics shipment worth 500 million US dollars.\u003cbr/\u003eHe teams up with Brendan Gleeson''s erratic policeman Gerry Boyle - a heavy drinker with a penchant for prostitutes. \u003cbr/\u003eThe odd couple have to work together to bring down the drugs cartel, headed by Brit, Mark Strong.\u003cbr/\u003eLiving alone, Boyle''s world is thrown into turmoil by the death of his mother, leaving him without anyone to turn to.\u003cbr/\u003e\"He''s a very lonely man, really,\" says Brendan Gleeson of his character. \"He''s a cop who''s stuck out in a place where he feels comfortable but unfulfilled. He knows his patch and he knows the petty compromises that have built up over the years to such an extent that he''s quite cynical about the whole situation.\" \u003cbr/\u003eThe movie comes from first time director, John Michael McDonagh, who was overjoyed to get his two leading men to sign up.\u003cbr/\u003e\"When Don knew Brendan was sort of attached that made him take it seriously - he read the script. We had a meeting with Don and he said yes the same time as Brendan did, so it was great. It was up and running immediately.\"\u003cbr/\u003eGalway is a million miles away from the bright lights of Hollywood, but Gleeson says Cheadle settled in almost immediately.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Don was great. It was life and art and all that, I presume that''s what you''re asking about. You really should ask Don at some point. There were some kind of interesting little kind of episodes, but I think he loved it over there.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCheadle is brilliantly dead pan as he bats away racial stereotypes with world weary responses. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Oh, everybody gets absolutely slated. I mean, I''m from Dublin and Dublin people got the worst going over than black people or Romanians, but everybody gets it. And I do feel there is no malice in. I mean I think Boyle''s sense of humor is... I think yes to answer your question it is pretty consistent to what people do at home,\" says Gleeson. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The Guard\" went down well at both Sundance and Berlin and director McDonagh is hoping it can be a hit when it''s finally released across the globe.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the film could play quite broad. I''d like to see it. I think it''s a very good comedy and there''s not that many good comedies around. 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