Running Rings Around the Empire: The 1908 Olympics
Statues in Nenagh, County Tipperary, of three Olympic gold medalists from or with Nenagh connections. Left to right, 1908 Olympians Matt McGrath, Johnny Hayes, and Bob Tisdall, who won a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy Nenagh Olympic Athletic Club) By Roger McGrath, Contributor
In 1908, as the world’s attention focused on the Olympic Games in London, Britain had decided again not to allow Ireland to field its own team, imperiously stating, “Ireland is not a nation.” All Irish athletes would have to compete as members of the British team.
Fanboys director
Elliot Page (
Juno,
The Umbrella Academy) was previously cast to play a professor and mentor figure in the movie, but Page has since stepped away from the project and the producers have hired
Ruby Rose (
John Wick: Chapter 2,
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage) to play that role instead. Read more about the project below.
The Hollywood Reporter doesn’t provide any reason for Page’s departure – which is slightly odd, because when people walk away from a project, they’ll at least go to the trouble to cite a “scheduling conflict” or the vague catch-all “creative differences.” Nonetheless, Ruby Rose has been hired instead.