LIMERICK actors Shane Lennon and Zeb Moore, have just finished filming a new independent feature film, Harry, Hamlet and Im shot in Wicklow and Dublin. Lennon, from Lansdowne Park, plays an inner city criminal – Lar – with aspirations of being top dog in the murky word of drugs and violent gangsters. Moore, originally from Dublin, but now living on the old Cratloe Rd, Limerick, plays Chuck, the uncle of the main character Harry. Chuck is untrustworthy baddie that is responsible for the death of his brother (Harry’s father) and subsequently moves in with his brothers wife.
The shooting of the movie is almost finished and it is hoped to be ready for release by November.
Harry, Hamlet and I. is loosely based on Hamlet, but set in Dublin’s inner-city.
The main protagonist…’Harry’ is the only son of a leader of a criminal gang. The story looks at the pressure on him to be a part of that whole system, and to fit in.
He struggles to free himself from his ancestry, his past. He longs to escape, so much so, that after a traumatic event he takes on a new persona, a personality, that to him seems infinitely better than Harry. His new identity is Hamlet!
Said Shane: “Among other issues, this story is about our identity and where that sense of belonging comes from. The story also confronts the effects of our conditioning and how it enables us to fit in with the culture that surrounds us. It examines the possibilities of how we can transcend this.
“Is it possible to break free of this conditioning? Is it possible to rise above who or what others tell us that we are? Is it possible to find a new identity for ourselves, a deeper meaning for our lives?
