A veteran stage and screen actor who has been working onscreen since 1977, Hinds has appeared in more than 60 films, includingand the final Harry Potter film, among others. But it was the role of the sweet and sage grandfather in Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film that brought him the closest he’s been to his home—Belfast—in a long time.
The story, which centers around a nine-year-old boy named Buddy and his family in Belfast, takes place during the start of the Troubles, which brought violence and turmoil to Northern Ireland. Butsays Hinds, did not have a political agenda. “A lot of people, when they talk about the politics of the North of Ireland—the Troubles—take agendas. And this was about the innocence of a young boy growing up.
Hinds says he spent most of his time thinking of his own father and grandfather when preparing for the role. “What Ken had written about was the type of men they were,” he says. “They’re rather stoical. They have this wry, dry sense of humor. They have a sense of morality about them. I’m not talking about religious morality—just a sense of human decency and an idea that the world is a strange and difficult place, but you reach out and help where you can.
Pop carries himself with the weight of the work he’s done in the past, which Hinds kept in mind when portraying him. “What we knew about the character of Pop was he was not well. He had emphysema from old stuff in his lungs from working in coal mines. And he was near the end of his life,” he says. “And he was quite stoic about it. I thought that would be a way into how he might bear himself—just moving with a slight care of not disturbing what was inside [himself].
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