The gorgeous surroundings of Eire is wowing viewers of the present’s newly-released second season, with Tourism Eire trying to capitalise on its worldwide reputation in drawing holidaymakers this summer season.
With its first season set in Australia, the second relocates to Eire, with filming going down final 12 months in Wicklow, Dublin and on Achill Island.
Dornan mentioned: “When folks hear you are from Eire, they at all times have one thing good to say in regards to the time they have been there. And normally what they’re speaking about is the folks.
“We shot on Achill Island and it was simply breathtaking – we acquired a wonderful sunny day and the clearest crystal blue water you’ve got ever seen.”
To leverage the publicity and alternative, Tourism Eire created a brief behind-the-scenes movie.
In it, Dornan, who performs Elliot alongside Australian co-star Danielle Macdonald, who performs Helen and Sarah Hammond, government producer, discuss filming in Eire and the way spectacular it was.
Dornan was beforehand awarded an honorary doctorate from Queen’s College Belfast for his contribution to the humanities and “placing Northern Eire on the map”.
The 41-year-old, from Holywood, in Co Down, earned worldwide recognition after starring as serial killer Paul Spector within the BBC’s crime drama present The Fall.
The function earned him an Irish Movie and Tv Award (IFTA) for greatest actor in addition to a nomination for a British Academy Tv Award for greatest actor.
Following The Fall’s success, Dornan landed the Hollywood function of Christian Gray within the vastly in style Fifty Shades of Gray sequence.
His newest function in The Vacationer, is a drama thriller sequence the place Dornan performs the sufferer of a automotive accident who wakes up in hospital in Australia with amnesia, slowly studying about his life in criminality.
The Belfast star performs reverse Macdonald, who performs a police officer who’s placed on the case to assist Dornan determine who he’s however finally finally ends up getting entangled in his unlawful exploits.
The primary episode of season one garnered 18 million views, with the later episodes episodes resulting in the present changing into essentially the most watched sequence on BBC’s iPlayer.
The second sequence, set in Eire, was launched in January and contains pictures from Bray, Djouce and the Wicklow Mountains in addition to some in Dublin and on Achill Island in Mayo.
Whereas the primary episode obtained 4.2 million viewers, every of the fifth subsequent episodes obtained greater than 3 million viewers.
Tourism Eire, the organisation who’s liable for selling the island of Eire abroad as a number one vacation vacation spot, goals to make use of the chance of its success to focus on Eire’s “beautiful surroundings”.
Elmagh Killeen, Tourism Eire’s Head of Model and Advertising Communications, mentioned the present’s surroundings presents one other “unbelievable display tourism alternative” to showcase Eire.
“The sequence is bringing the magnificent surroundings of Eire to the eye of viewers all over the world. And, our behind-the-scenes movie will remind our thousands and thousands of followers on social media that the sequence was shot right here, encouraging them to place Eire on their vacation ‘want checklist’.”
Government producer Sarah Hammond added: “I believe sequence two is all about celebrating simply how stunning Eire is.”