Sea Fever - Neilsen & Scott cast

#IrishFilm: Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever adds Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott

ScreenDaily is reporting that Danish actor Connie Nielsen has joined the cast of Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever, replacing Toni Collette who had to leave due to scheduling reasons. Scottish actor Dougray Scott has also joined the production which is currently filming in Ardmore Studios and on the east coast.

The film, which was also written by Hardiman (Jessica JonesHappy Valley), sees a marine biology student find herself isolated from her superstitious trawler crew as they struggle to overcome a deadly parasite in their water supply. Nielsen will play the Captain, with Hermione Corfied (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) as the student.  Ardalan Esmaili, Jack Hickey, Olwen Fouéré, and newcomer Elie Bouakaze also feature.

DoP on Sea Fever is Ruairí O’Brien, best known for Line of Duty, Humans, and The Fall. Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell of Dublin-based Fantastic Films produce, with Belgium’s Frakas Productions and Sweden’s Bright Pictures. Epic Pictures Group will executive produce and co-finance, with financial support also coming from Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Wallimage, and Film i Väst, as well as from the Creative Europe MEDIA programme.

The script for Sea Fever was shortlisted for the AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting 2015. It was selected at the Frontieres Film Festival as one of 12 showcase projects, as well as at the Les Arcs Film Festival as one of 9 showcase projects, and won a prize at the London Film Awards.

Epic Pictures co-founder Patrick Ewald and the sales team will introduce footage in an attempt to sell the film at the American Film Market later this month.