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WORDS WITH A SAINT: Sean Patrick Flanery on Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

Monday, September 21st, 2009

By Brent Hannify

Sean Patrick Flanery (right) as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints

Sean Patrick Flanery (right) as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints

I had the opportunity to interview Sean Patrick Flanery, who twice had the chance to play Connor MacManus in the cult-hit The Boondock Saints and the upcoming sequel Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. On a warm day in West Hollywood outside his Brazilian Ju Jitsu academy, we spoke of the upcoming sequel and what it’s like to make movies with the fans in mind.

SPF: We really want to treat Boondock Saints II like the film that it is. We want to give back to the fans. We don’t necessarily want to do Entertainment Tonight and things like that when we promote it. When the first film came out, everyone who gave us those great write-ups and reviews were these underground magazines and bloggers, you know, the cult following. We want to give all the interviews to those types of people. A strong voice in the underground, not necessarily some premiere magazine.

BH: You mentioned the cult-following of the first film. That movie poster seems … READ MORE