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Andrew Scott to star opposite Emily Blunt in Claire Keegan adaptation

Andrew Scott attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations: Andrew Scott Career Retrospective at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Robin Williams Center on 8 December, 2025 in New York City
Andrew Scott - Coming home for his next film

Andrew Scott will star opposite Emily Blunt in Walk the Blue Fields, an adaptation of the Claire Keegan short story of the same name, with Brooklyn's John Crowley directing the drama in Ireland.

US entertainment trade publication Deadline, which first reported the news, says the film's cast also includes Ciarán Hinds and Tom Cullen.

The screenplay is by playwright and director Conor McPherson.

"Walk the Blue Fields follows a woman on her wedding day being confronted with a heart-wrenching decision, as a love triangle from her past threatens to be revealed," says Deadline.

Emily Blunt attends the 2026 National Board Of Review Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on 13 January, 2026 in New York City
Emily Blunt will also be among the producers of Walk the Blue Fields

It adds that the Dublin-based Element Pictures and Blunt's company Ledbury Productions are among the producers of the film, with Netflix also on board.

Director Crowley, screenwriter McPherson, and author Keegan are among the executive producers.

Scott was most recently seen in Blue Moon and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

Blunt was most recently seen in The Smashing Machine and will next be seen in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

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