It´s Die Hard with fairies ... and a walk on part for the author in Artemis Fowl film
(The Guardian Culture News)

After 25 million sales of his Artemis Fowl books, Eoin Colfer tells of his own film debutHe is a former primary school teacher whose Artemis Fowl fantasy novels have sold more than 25 million copies in 44 languages. Now Ireland´s former children´s laureate, Eoin Colfer, will delight fans worldwide by appearing as an extra in Artemis Fowl, Disney´s forthcoming feature film directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh and starring Dame Judi Dench.Describing his one scene, filmed in the north of Ireland, Colfer said: `I walked across a field with a lot of other people. It wasn´t too taxing - although I did manage to get it wrong a few times. The only direction they gave was: `Walk across the field and don´t look at the camera.´ I must have looked at the camera about 20 times. I have a new respect for actors.` Continue reading...