While he was filming his latest movie Begin Again around Manhattan, Irish director John Carney couldn’t help but notice the cabs flitting past. Many of them were outfitted with ads touting the Broadway version of Once, a stage musical based on Carney’s last film, the beloved indie picture about two songwriters in Dublin who come together to make beautiful music.
“Here we were, trying to make a film about underdogs fighting the good fight for music, and we’re being reminded that Once is now a big Broadway show,” Carney says, marvelling at the irony. “That was very odd.”
The impossibly romantic Once — which starred Glen Hansard of the Irish band The Frames and Mark
