She was a miniature donkey, but she was different, because she was very petite. “Martin McDonagh, the first time he ever saw her, he just fell in love with her.
A veteran animal trainer for the screen, Rita has been in the business since the 1980s and scouted Jenny for Banshees (her Border collie, Morse, plays Colm’s dog). She knew nothing,” explains Rita Moloney of Fircroft Animal Actors, located in County Kildare, Ireland. “I met Jenny for the first time when she was only three years old, and she was green. Not since the likes of Evie in Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow has a farm animal demonstrated such a natural onscreen presence, though as Farrell recounted on Late Night With Seth Meyers, Jenny didn’t always prove the most obliging scene partner: “She gave me a good old clatter on the knee,” as he recalled.Ĭall it the price of raw, untapped talent - this was Jenny’s first film set. With a tinkling bell around her neck, her presence provides a softness to Pádraic’s character as well as much-needed moments of comic relief. Barely as tall as his waist, she follows him around the island dutifully, keeping Pádraic company and providing comfort once it becomes clear that Colm’s decision to end their friendship is permanent. Within The Banshees of Inisherin, Jenny is Pádraic’s best friend.
The accomplished Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan round out the cast, but there’s one more actor who was decidedly less impressed by the caliber of Irish talent assembled: Jenny the miniature donkey. After becoming an irresistible onscreen pair in Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges in 2002, this autumn the trio reunite for The Banshees of Inisherin - a similarly biting story about two old friends whose relationship comes to an abrupt end when Colm (Gleeson) decides he no longer wishes to entertain Pádraic (Farrell) or his inane small talk. Plenty of first-time actors would give an arm and a leg (and perhaps a few fingers) to work with Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell.
Colin Farrell tells us he was a “a big fan” of some of his miniature costar’s acting choices.
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