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Mick Lally (November 1945 – 31 August 2010) an Irish film and stage actor has died at the age of 64. He founded the Druid Theater and was mostly known to Irish audiences as Miley Byrne the series ‘Glenroe’ and ‘Ballykissangel’.

He also voiced Brother Aidan in the animation ‘The Secret of Kells’ and had roles in ‘Circle of Friends’ and ‘Alexander’.

Lally was born in Tourmakeady, County Mayo and worked as a school teacher before his acting career. He founded the widely acclaimed Druid Theater Company in 1979 along with Garry Hynes and Marie Mullen.

In 1982, he starred in the television series The Ballroom Of Romance opposite Brenda Fricker. In 1979, his performance as Miley in Bracken earned him a Jacob’s Award. In 1994, he played Fiona’s grandfather, Hugh, in The Secret of Roan Inish.

He died on Tuesday, 31 August 2010, after a brief stay in a hospital.

R.I.P.

Sean Penn is set to play the role of the late literary editor Max Perkins in a new film, Genius.

The Academy Award-winning actor is in discussions for the lead role in ‘Genius’, a biopic about Perkins, who was editor of such writer as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, or Thomas Wolfe.

The movie will be set on his working relationship with Wolfe, with Bill Pohlad directing the movie. Pohlad worked with Penn on previous movies, such as ‘Into the Wild’ and is considered able to convince the ‘Milk’ star to sign up for the project.

Similar to ‘Genius’ it was recently disclosed that Penn is also in discussions for the role of surfing legend Dorian ‘Doc’ Paskowitz.

The actor, 49, will be the producer of the film about the eccentric Paskowitz and his family, and is eager to take on the lead role.