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His other movie credits include V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto.Rea's TV roles include The Shadow Line and The Honourable Woman, for which he won a BAFTA Award. if (isUpgrades) { }); event: 'ee-productClick', ecommerceTransactionEvent.metered_paywall = { return '' window.showNonSubscriberElements) { } She was released after seven years on humanitarian grounds and, shortly after, married Rea.There was never any suggestion that her people would have rejected him because of his Protestant background, he says - \u0026amp;quot;they liked me\u0026amp;quot;. 72 kg. onboarding_article = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/' const priceToEcommerceProduct = function (price, index) { subscriptionStatus: '', } else if (selectedPrice.delivery_days.length === 1 && selectedPrice.delivery_days.indexOf(0) > -1) { "The English didn't want to see it because it was about an IRA man whose sensitivity was touched by the British soldier and the transvestite person," Rea recalls. 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