Dearborn Grad Lands in Barrymore’s ‘Whip It’ Film
Just two years after graduating from Dearborn High School, Sean O’Reilly, the son of Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr., already is making a name for himself on the silver screen. Sean O’Reilly appears in two scenes in this trailer for an upcoming movie called “Whip It.”
The movie is about a young Texas teen, tired of being pushed into beauty pageants by her parents, who finally finds herself after joining a female roller derby team.
Directed by Drew Barrymore, Whip It is slated to be released October 9. In addition to Barrymore, the movie also stars Ellen Page, Zoe Bell, Marcia Gay Harden and Kristen Wiig,
O’Reilly can be seen, albeit briefly, in two scenes in this trailer. One where a teen is pouring water on two kids (he is far left on screen) and a second time in a restaurant scene where a group of teens are sitting in a booth (he is the second one from the right).
From the looks of the movie preview, this looks like a fun film made even more special because many of us can say we know a certain Dearborn High School graduate who appears in it. How cool is that?
Oh, yeah, and O’Reilly also is appearing in a second film called “The Irishman”. For a bit more on that film, please click HERE. We’d say quite an accomplishment just two years out of high school.
August 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Must be following in his father’s footsteps – “Mayor Jack O’Reilly makes a special cameo appearance in the show as well” – referring to his part in the “High School Musical 2 On Stage”.
August 13th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Good for him, he probably had a lot of fun with it.
Perhaps if his father had gotten things together Dearborn could have even been one of the eight SE Michigan cities where Whip It was filmed. That would have been good for many of us here.
However, all we can apparently get done is to ask people (via a useless city website and a little watched CDTV) to send in snapshots of the city to put on a website that we have yet to see. I wonder how that’s coming along.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:20 am
….um, since I’m not sure where else to put this comment, I will put it in this section….just an opinion….Did anyone see that Dearborn was finally a “zip trip” (Friday morning showcase of a city) on Fox 2 news? I just wish that it was better prepared. It only highlighted Homecoming. Don’t get me wrong – Homecoming is a fun event that I attend every year, but I feel that Dearborn has soooo much more to offer than a carnival! What about our 2 downtowns (how many cities have that!?). What about our history? etc. etc. I know that time was limited, but it just should’ve been better prepared. Not sure if that’s Dearborn’s fault, or Fox 2 News…….
August 19th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
I know I’m not the only one who thinks that Jack O’Reilly is a ringer for the late Dom Deluise. Maybe there’s some bigger roles coming his way.