Brendan McNamara(I)

Casting Director
Actor
Casting Department

The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, throwing stones and cutting off their opponents buttons etc. And sometimes they go to battle completely naked and exposed. In one such scene about 30 boys return from a battle to celebrate victory at a barn-house only to find some girls waiting for them and they get very embarrassed at losing their privacy.

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War of the Buttons (1994)

Limerick born Casting director Brendan McNamara has been working in casting since 1998. Starting as a runner at Hubbard Casting, Brendan was privileged to gain experience at one of the worlds premiere casting companies. He returned to Dublin to complete a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies in Trinity College Dublin. After finishing his studies Brendan returned to Hubbard casting working on projects such as 'The Bourne Supremacy,' 'Churchill The Hollywood Years,' 'Silver City, directed by John Sayles and 'Omagh.' During this time Brendan was also casting assistant for two series of 'Taggart.' Upon leaving Hubbard Casting Brendan freelanced for several other casting companies. Working on music videos for 'The Streets' and 'Franz Ferdinand' and many TV commercial campaigns. Since Beach Casting's inception in May 2007 the company has had early success in establishing a name for itself. Working on projects such As 'Katy Brands Big Ass TV Show' for ITV and 'The Agent' a British independent feature film directed by Lesley Manning indicates the reward for working professionally and efficiently for our clients. More recently Brendan has cast an animated feature film for War Hammer 40K featuring Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee and John Hurt, 'The Secret World of Sam King' for BEBO/ Universal Records and the a new campaigns for, McDonalds, Tesco and VW. Last November Brendan cast Treacle Junior an independent British feature film directed by Jamie Thraves staring Aidan Gillen and Tom Fisher. . Brendan also wrote 'Its the Audition, Stupid!" which was published in 2010 by Pinter and Martin Publishers.