“She kicked me in the knee.
But that was my fault.
I got too close to her.”
Colin Farrell with Jenny the Donkey in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’.Jonathan Hession/Searchlight Pictures
“Ah, Jenny was tricky,” Farrell toldEmpire.
“It was her first film, but she acted like it was her 100th.
She was kind of over it.
Kind of jaded.”
In the film, Farrell’s character Padraic keeps a donkey as a pet.
“She didn’t like her nose being touched, I found out,” he said.
“She kicked me in the knee.
But that was my fault.
I got too close to her.”
But it wasn’t just Jenny that wasn’t impressed with Farrell.
“I f—ing got bitten by your f—ing dog!”
“I still have the scar.
“Minnie was great,” Farrell enthused.
“Minnie proved that there’s no such thing as small parts, just small actors.”
Its cast also includesBarry KeoghanandKerry Condon.
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