EastEnders star Danny Dyer has begun filming in Ireland on a new football agent thriller called Three Quick Breaths.
Directed by Irish filmmaker Brendan Muldowney (Pilgrimage, The Cellar) from an original script by Peter Howlett, Three Quick Breaths sees Dyer playing Jimmy Banks, "an old-school football agent who desperately needs to get his star footballer one last big payday before Jimmy's life, and his player's reputation, come tumbling down".
"A fast-paced, pressure-cooker thriller, the film plunges into the seedy and exhilarating world of football agents who live for the big deals and will torch everything else down in pursuit of them," the synopsis adds.
"Shooting Three Quick Breaths in Ireland has been an incredible experience so far - even if most of my time is spent locked in Jimmy Banks's office!" said Dyer.
"Jimmy's a character who's juggling chaos, but there's so much depth to him - this is a very rare opportunity as an actor to be the only performer in a film. In a way, I feel like it's my Hamlet. It's a brilliant, clever piece and I'm very proud to be part of it."
Director Muldowney said he is "so excited" to be working on writer Howlett's "amazing script".
"It is a funny, thrilling, and surprisingly moving, adrenaline-fuelled story, and James 'Jimmy' Banks is one of the best characters I've ever read in a script.
"One-actor, one-location thrillers are incredibly intense and I can't wait to work with Danny on bringing 'Jimmy Banks' to life in all his glory."
Three Quick Breaths is produced by Paul Kennedy (Nightride) for Village Films, Richard Bolger (Father, Mother, Sister, Brother) for Hail Mary Pictures, and Patrick O'Neill (Kneecap) for Wildcard with support from Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen.
Filming will continue this month with post-production then taking place in Northern Ireland.
Dyer's new film, Marching Powder, opens in cinemas on Friday 7 March.
