Image source, Reuters Image caption, Actor James Martin (centre) was signedupwith by Tom Berkeley, Ross White and Seamus O’Hara to accept the award Actor James Martin was serenaded by the audience at the Academy Awards on his 31st birthday as the movie he starred in selected up an Oscar. Northern Ireland movie An Irish Goodbye won finest live action brief movie at Sunday night’s event. Martin, who has Down’s syndrome, stated he prepared to bring the award house to his drama group in Belfast. The movie’s directors Tom Berkeley and Ross White explained the win as the finest night of their lives. They took to Twitter to thank their advocates in Northern Ireland after a whirlwind 24 hours. Martin is the veryfirst individual with Down’s syndrome to win an Academy Award. “It doesn’t matter if you have Down’s syndrome, as long as you’re doing what you do,” he informed the BBC after gathering his Oscar. “I do what I can to be amusing.” ‘Happy Birthday to You’ His fellow winners utilized their approval speech to sing him Happy Birthday, with aid from the star-studded crowd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. He stated he prepared to take his Oscar statuette to his drama club in Belvoir in Belfast. Media caption, ‘Holding this Oscar is simply wonderful’ A Irish Goodbye was shot on place in Londonderry, Templepatrick and Saintfield. Directed and composed by White and Berkeley, it informs the story of 2 separated bros who come together after their mom’s death. The black funny, set on a rural farm, stars Martin as Lorcan, togetherwith fellow Northern Ireland star Seamus O’Hara, who plays his older sibling Turlough. White, who is from B
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