“Tosh arrives over to make the deposit in our laundry press. CLICK, FLOP: a pair of boxer shorts lands with unwavering precision in the middle of my bowl, breakfast is over.”
“It feels so long ago since the dizzy highs we experienced in Auckland, but you can always rely on the Irish to make you feel part of a group, at kick off 20 people have drifted in.”
In between witnessing historic Irish victories, and hob-nobbing with international rugby managers, our man in the van hits New Zealand’s adventure sports.
“As optimistic a bunch as we are, we presumed that Ireland would finish second in this group and so, we have tickets to the wrong quarter-final. They are both in Wellington however, so the hope is that we can make it to both.”
We’re sending one Irish rugby fan off to New Zealand with the keys to a van, a road map and a broadband dongle. He’ll send updates from the road throughout the tournament.
JACK KEROUAC’S cult novel On the Road will be adapted into film form by Walter Salles – the director of applauded features Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries.
Viggo Mortensen has been chosen to play the character Old Bull Lee, who is based on the writer William S Burroughs.
Shooting is due to begin by the end of this month, according to Deadline Hollywood.
Francis Ford Coppola has signed on to produce the film inspired by the beat generation novel. He had reportedly been working on the project of turning the novel into a film for 30 years.
Amy Adams is due to play Bull’s wife, Jane, a drug-addicted mother of two. Kirsten Dunst and Kristen Stewart will also feature in the movie.
