The makers of the upcoming Irish period thriller Bad Bridgets have added Colin Farrell (The Minority Report) and Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) to the film's star cast. Steve Coogan (Legends), Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina), Himesh Patel (Tenet), Simone Kirby (Kneecap), and Niamh Algar (The Iris Affair) are also part of the supporting cast. They will be joining the earlier announced lead actors Emilia Jones and Alison Oliver.
Directed by Rich Peppiatt (Kneecap), the film is inspired by the book Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem, and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women, written by Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick. The story, set in famine-hit 19th-century Ireland, follows two sisters who take on a treacherous journey to the US to flee their abusive father, poverty, and hunger. Upon landing on the shores of New York, the sisters join with Irish women in a gang called 'Bridgets' and create mayhem.
LuckyChap is producing Bad Bridgets, which Netflix will be releasing.
Farrell had two releases in 2025: Ballad of a Small Player and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Up next, he will reprise Oswald "Oz" Cobb/The Penguin in The Batman: Part II, opposite Robert Pattinson. Popular for playing Jonathan Byers in Stranger Things, Charlie Heaton will also be seen as Charles Shelby in the sequel to another hit Netflix series, Peaky Blinders.
