The director of Irish film Wildfire says she is ‘heartbroken’ that its star Nika McGuigan is not alive to see the launch of the movie next month.
Nika, daughter of former boxing champion Barry McGuigan, died from cancer soon after the film, about two troubled sisters in the border area, was completed.
Director Cathy Brady has dedicated the intense drama to the actress, who was just 33 when she died in July 2019. ‘Oh my God, her talent!
That’s what’s so heartbreaking and so bittersweet,’ said Ms Brady. ‘She’s got this incredible performance and as a director when you get to see someone reveal themselves and put every ounce of themselves into it you go, “That’s it, that’s it”. ‘I’m so grateful we had that.
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