Well-known actors Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle took time out of a busy filming schedule yesterday (Wednesday 2 December 2009) to drop in and say hello to Wicklow RNLI lifeboat volunteers and to get a tour of the lifeboat station. The two stars are in Wicklow for a new movie called 'The Guard', and were at the East pier for film scenes taking place beside the lifeboat station. Pictures over the fold.
Irish actor Brendan Gleeson also starred in the drama 'The Lifeboat' in the early 1980s, filmed at St Davids in Wales and US actor Don Cheadle is well known from many films including Hotel Rwanda and Oceans 11.
Pictured: Actors Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle with volunteer lifeboat crew from Wicklow RNLI during a break from filming 'The Guard' in Wicklow Harbour (RNLI/Tommy Dover)
Tommy Dover, Wicklow volunteer lifeboat press officer said, " The two actors were filming beside the lifeboat station and we invited them in to look around. They were very friendly and happily posed for photos with the lifeboat crew. We took great pride in showing them the lifeboat station and our two lifeboats."
Wednesday night is the onshore training night for the lifeboat crew so many of the stations volunteers were present for the surprise visit. The two actors also signed the station visit book."