Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood may film in Ireland

Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood has said that he wants to film a movie in Ireland to ‘pay homage’ to his roots.

By Declan Whooley

The five time Academy Award winner has claimed it is one of his ambitions before retirement. Given the fact he is 81 years-old, he will have to get the wheels in motion sooner rather than later.

Irish Central reports that Eastwood has spent a lot of time at his mother’s homeland in Eastwood, Co. Monaghan.

“I’d love to make a movie in Ireland sometime. The best part of me is the Irish part, Egans on my mother’s side,” he is quoted as saying.

“She had roots in Monaghan and I’ve been there many times. It’s one of my favourite places to golf.”

The Invictus director was the recipient of the inaugural John Ford award presented by the Irish Film and Television Academy in LA last year and has said publicly that the Irish-American director has had a strong influence on his career.

More recently Eastwood has been in the media for his involvement in the American presidential race. His bizarre speech at the Republican Convention made the headlines, but that should not detract from his contribution to the film industry.

If nothing else, it was downright entertaining!