The Hollywood actress Rose McGowan to the heavily criticized after expressing sympathy with the IRA before the release of her new film.
The Italian-born star, who is most famous for her role as Paige Matthews in the series Charmed, they have joined the IRA if she lived in Belfast during the unrest. McGowan (35 years), and stars in the fifty men walking dead, a biographical film based on the biography of former IRA informer Martin McGartland.
"My heart just broke for the cause," she said in a news conference before the world premiere of the film at the Toronto Film Festival. "I never imagined that I grew up in Belfast, I would 100 per cent were in the IRA," she said. "It's not violence that may be carried out by the day, and provide an answer to the problems, but I understand that."
He has met with responses to comments McGowan rules anger - not least of Mr. McGartland himself. He still lives in hiding because of the threat to his life of sympathizers with the militants. "It's easy to say that this thing when you live in Los Angeles," said Mr. McGartland site is currently the first. "The Rose McGowan's comments were insulting to victims of IRA terrorism and she should apologize.
"Must have taken leave her senses. Can not they see that such statements are not affected by the incredibly to the families of victims of the IRA? Clearly she did not know anything about Northern Ireland."
Bailey said Armstrong, a member of the Ulster Unionist Assembly, the comments were "foolish and offensive." He added: "As a member of the Irish Republican Army, and Miss McGowan was happy to participate in torture, kidnapping and murder of Jean McConville, a widow and mother of 10?"
The film also stars Jim Sturgess as McGartland and Sir Ben Kingsley and coach the British, not the first to raise the debate about the activities of the IRA. Received Representative Mickey Rourke, who sports a tattoo an IRA, to demand the desirability allegedly donated part of his wages to Francesco film 1989 to a terrorist group, although it did not prove the charge.
Controversial comments from McGowan, who had a leading role in Scream (1996), Jawbreaker (1999) and Grindhouse, last year's two-part feature by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, comes in the wake of a settlement between McGartland Mr. and producers of the film on its content.
Chronicles the four years he spent in the Irish Republican Army 1987-1991, Mr McGartland has protested that "the film is not at the expense of the true story of my country because it puts me in a scene of torture and murder." He added: "I insist on a new voice message and the evacuation at the beginning saying the film was inspired by my book, instead of being a true story."
Mr McGartland has fallen now a threat of legal action in the wake of the settlement include the payment believed to be about £ 20,000.
Mr McGartland was kidnapped after the bombing of his coverage in 1991. He escaped by jumping from the window and resettlement in later with a secret identity in Whitley Bay, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. New name emerged after the trial for the crime of driving, and was wounded severely in 1999 in a gun attack blamed on the IRA. Since then, MI5 has moved him to a new location.
The Italian-born star, who is most famous for her role as Paige Matthews in the series Charmed, they have joined the IRA if she lived in Belfast during the unrest. McGowan (35 years), and stars in the fifty men walking dead, a biographical film based on the biography of former IRA informer Martin McGartland.
"My heart just broke for the cause," she said in a news conference before the world premiere of the film at the Toronto Film Festival. "I never imagined that I grew up in Belfast, I would 100 per cent were in the IRA," she said. "It's not violence that may be carried out by the day, and provide an answer to the problems, but I understand that."
He has met with responses to comments McGowan rules anger - not least of Mr. McGartland himself. He still lives in hiding because of the threat to his life of sympathizers with the militants. "It's easy to say that this thing when you live in Los Angeles," said Mr. McGartland site is currently the first. "The Rose McGowan's comments were insulting to victims of IRA terrorism and she should apologize.
"Must have taken leave her senses. Can not they see that such statements are not affected by the incredibly to the families of victims of the IRA? Clearly she did not know anything about Northern Ireland."
Bailey said Armstrong, a member of the Ulster Unionist Assembly, the comments were "foolish and offensive." He added: "As a member of the Irish Republican Army, and Miss McGowan was happy to participate in torture, kidnapping and murder of Jean McConville, a widow and mother of 10?"
Controversial comments from McGowan, who had a leading role in Scream (1996), Jawbreaker (1999) and Grindhouse, last year's two-part feature by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, comes in the wake of a settlement between McGartland Mr. and producers of the film on its content.
Chronicles the four years he spent in the Irish Republican Army 1987-1991, Mr McGartland has protested that "the film is not at the expense of the true story of my country because it puts me in a scene of torture and murder." He added: "I insist on a new voice message and the evacuation at the beginning saying the film was inspired by my book, instead of being a true story."
Mr McGartland has fallen now a threat of legal action in the wake of the settlement include the payment believed to be about £ 20,000.
Mr McGartland was kidnapped after the bombing of his coverage in 1991. He escaped by jumping from the window and resettlement in later with a secret identity in Whitley Bay, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne. New name emerged after the trial for the crime of driving, and was wounded severely in 1999 in a gun attack blamed on the IRA. Since then, MI5 has moved him to a new location.
