Four local boys set to star in shows on RTÉ and Amazon Prime
Actor Harvey Moloney (9) on set for the upcoming series of Boys of Tommen on Prime Video
FOUR boys from Carlow are set to star in two TV shows on RTÉ and Amazon Prime that will be released later this year.
Harvey Moloney (9) has been cast as young Ollie in , a series that will be released on Amazon Prime and based on Chloe Walsh’s bestselling novel series that centres on a group of teenagers. They attend a fictional prestigious private school called Tommen College in Cork.
Three other young actors, brothers Conor (10) and Aidan Thornton (8) and Max O’Mara (9) will appear in , a series that will be shown on RTÉ and BBC based on the real-life murder of Bobby Ryan in County Tipperary in 2011. The show will also touch on the murder trial that followed, which became the longest murder trial in the history of the Irish state.
The series also stars Brendan Coyle who played Branson in and Sinéad Keenan, who played DCI Jessie James in the last two seasons of .
All four boys are from County Carlow and are represented by SRL Talent Management which was founded by woman Shauna Ray Lacey, based in Carlow town.
Shauna founded SRL Talent Management as her daughter, Emmy, is an actor, but she felt that “there was nothing in Carlow that allowed for children to gain these opportunities”.
A former Carlow Rose, Shauna studied broadcast media at university and has been involved in television and film ever since.
Filming for both series took place in Ireland and Shauna said that all four boys and their parents who chaperoned them on the sets had great experiences. The boys worked alongside other actors who were “so incredibly nice to them”.
“Most of them will tell you that they feel most comfortable when they are on set. That’s their safe space where they love to be,” Shauna said.
For children and teens to be accepted into SLR Talent Management, they must get through a competitive and arduous selection process.
“There’s a huge process involved and you have to have a lot of commitment from the parents,” Shauna said.
Alongside SLR Talent Management, Shauna also runs the SLR School of Performance, where she trains young actors in singing, acting and dancing and how to act on screen.
