Film

On set with the cast of The Wonder, Emma Donoghue’s tale of fasting and famine in 1862

Behind the scenes on a film set in Co Kildare, Emma Donoghue’s 2016 gripping post-Famine gothic novel comes to life

Florence Pugh in The Wonder, the movie of Emma Donoghue’s post-famine novel. Picture: Christopher Barr/Netflix

INT. Daytime. A hangar in Weston Airport, Leixlip. Hollywood A-lister Florence Pugh takes her place on a wooden chair. Rain pelts the roof. A low-flying plane rumbles overhead. STAND BY!

It’s September 2021, and the final scenes are being shot for The Wonder, the film adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s 2016 novel of the same name.

The cast are in good spirits, many of them gathered in what looks like a dark bedroom – though most ...