Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, the co-­‐composers of the music in both the film and the musical and the originators of the roles of the Guy and the Girl, also have a working relationship based on a previous friendship. In an interview with MovieFreak.com, Hansard discussed his relationship with Irglová.


Glen Hansard: Well, we’d been working together [Mar and I] pretty solidly off and on for two or three years, and we knew each other even before that. We were touring the Czech Republic together, touring Europe together, touring the United States together. So, we kind of knew each other quite well in a working way, and so getting involved in this as mates kind of just felt so comfortable. Had it been another girl, I think I would have been a little less comfortable in my skin onscreen. What’s happening on screen, I think, is there is a lot of blurring going on. We’re in character, we’re out of character. We’re in character, we’re out of character. I think what makes the tension and the relationship so interesting is that it is me and Mar just being me and Mar. Whenever the music is playing, we’re really just being ourselves, and then when it stops [the movie] is dialogue driven, but it is still basically just the two of us relating to one another using John’s lines.


Irglová and Hansard at the Oscars in 2008


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