While there’s been no official word from show bosses about the future of The Young Offenders, actor PJ Gallagher believes the hit programme might be coming to an end.
PJ, who plays the school principal, reckons ‘it’s gone’ as the cast, particularly Alex Murphy and Chris Walley who portray Conor MacSweeney and Jock O’Keeffe, may fancy trying new things.
“I think it is gone,” PJ told the RTE Guide.
“The lads are going to be something like 26 now. It’d be kinda hard to play the part of young lads doing their Leaving Cert at this stage.
“They’re young and they’re ambitious and they don’t want to keep doing the same thing all the time, I imagine,” he said.
However, he doesn’t know for sure what would happen if a new season was confirmed, revealing he would be happy to keep going for another few years if the opportunity was there.
“At the same time, if it’s offered, maybe they will want to do it, so we’ll see, but I imagine they’ll want to move on.
“They’re all really good actors and they’ll want to do different things. They’re not like me. I’m happy to do The Young Offenders every year until it’s over, until I’m over.”
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