
‘I admire Kneecap. I'm proud of how brave they've been' – says director of hit show Severance
'Ben Stiller called me,' said Aoife McArdle, matter of fact, just like that.
'Well, there were agents involved but yeah, he called me, said there was something he was working on, he liked some of my previous work and asked me to take a look at the script and see if I was interested in getting involved,' she said.

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