Michael Fassbender is set to star in a biopic about an Irish rap group called Kneecap. As Variety exclusively confirmed in May, the feature film – eponymously named “Kneecap” after the band – is billed as a raucous anti-establishment comedy. “Kneecap” stars real-life band members Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí as heightened versions of themselves.
The group came to fame in 2018 for their blend of nationalist Irish rap which often dealt with the gritty reality of growing up in Northern Ireland after the civil conflict known as the Troubles.
In 2019 they were reportedly condemned for “outrageous behaviour” after leading chants of “Get the Brits out now” at a pub that Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge had visited a day earlier.
The film is written and directed by “One Rogue Reporter” helmer Rich Peppiatt, who has also directed a music video for the band. “For those who already know Kneecap as musicians, I promise this will be a film true to their hedonistic and anarchic soul.
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