At the IFTAs this year Gleeson caused a stir when he and Francois Civil decided to pretend they were Michael Fassbender, flashing megawatt smiles. “Oh yeah, Michael and his hundred tooth smile!” laughs Gleeson. “It was the IFTAs and he wasn’t able to be there and we were really sad about it... we said we’re not as important as Michael, but maybe if we pretend to be him people will take our picture. And it worked!”
