Colin Farrell, Steve Coogan Join Netflix's 'Bad
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- Colin Farrell, Steve Coogan, Charlie Heaton, and Domhnall Gleeson are among eight new additions joining previously cast leads Emilia Jones and Alison Oliver in Netflix's "Bad Bridgets."
- Rich Peppiatt, director of "Kneecap," begins filming in Northern Ireland in July, reuniting with his Kneecap collaborators including cinematographer Ryan Kernaghan and producer Trevor Birney.
- The project adapts the book "Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem, and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women" by Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick, which Peppiatt and Birney optioned in 2025.
- LuckyChap produces the film via Peppiatt and Birney's Coup d'Etat Films banner, with Cáit Collins executive producing.
- The behind-the-camera team also includes Oscar and BAFTA-winning production designer James Price ("Poor Things") and the Oscar/BAFTA-winning costume designer of "Frankenstein."
- The story tracks two sisters fleeing a famine-ravaged 19th-century Ireland for New York, where they join other Irish immigrant women known as "Bridgets."
- Queen's University Belfast and Northern Ireland Screen supported the film's development.
Why it matters: By pairing A-list cast with the Oscar- and BAFTA-winning craft team behind "Kneecap," "Poor Things," and "Frankenstein" — and grounding the project in a scholarly book developed with Queen's University Belfast — Netflix is positioning a prestige period piece ahead of its July production start in Northern Ireland.
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