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Colm Meaney Says His Theater Background Helped Him for the Role of O'Brien

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By GustavoLeao / 20:23, 19 February 2008 / Feature Films

Variety posted an interview with Star Trek Deep Space Nine actor Colm Meaney, in which he talks about his new movie titled Kings, first film submitted by Ireland for consideration in the Academy Awards' foreign-language film category, and also talks briefly about Star Trek. Here are few excerpts.

Meaney found his theater work to be of great help in the role of Miles O'Brien on TNG and DS9. 

"When you looked at the 'Star Trek' dialogue, you needed actors with a strong theater background who could play Shakespeare, as it's heightened drama," Meaney says. "Suspension of disbelief is required."

He won't be having any involvement with the new Star Trek movie, however.

"Seven years in space was sufficient," he laughs.

The full interview is here.



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Miles Edward O'Brien... | Report this post to moderator
By: Sam Cogley (Odo's file, contact) @ 07:19:29 on Feb 21, 2008

...best post-TOS Trek character, and probably second only to Spock.

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RE: Miles Edward O'Brien... by OV-101 @ 08:34:54 on Feb 21

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By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:41:56 on Feb 20, 2008


Colm Meaney to be Honored at Hollywood Event

Trina Vargo, President of the US-Ireland Alliance, announced that Colm Meaney will be honored by the US-Ireland Alliance at its third annual "Oscar Wilde: Honoring the Irish in Film" pre-Academy Awards party, Thursday, February 21, 2008 at the Wilshire Ebell in Los Angeles.

Mr. Meaney joins Academy Award winner James L. Brooks and actress Fiona Shaw as an honoree at the event that was created to bring together people in the film industry in the US and Ireland. Variety publisher Charlie Koones will serve as emcee for the evening and Belfast singer Duke Special will perform.



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Seven years? | Report this post to moderator
By: Hober Mallow (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:57:00 on Feb 20, 2008

Actually twelve years on both TNG and DS9. And, yeah, that is a long time.

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Cheif O'Brien was always my favorite | Report this post to moderator
By: VZX (Odo's file, contact) @ 08:16:31 on Feb 20, 2008

I've always liked O'Brien. He was always my favorite character on my favorite show. Colm Meaney is a cool actor and was always a treat to see him on screen. Man, I really miss DS9.


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RE: Cheif O'Brien was always my favorite by captainkoloth @ 22:58:02 on Feb 20

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By: captainkoloth (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 20:33:07 on Feb 19, 2008

I've always liked Colm Meaney's work and loved the character O'Brien. It's too bad the TNG movies never found room for him. He would have brought so much to them.

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RE: O'Brien Fan by GustavoLeao @ 20:39:13 on Feb 19
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