Top of the list is starring alongside Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, in the London West End revival of The Cripple Of Inishmaan.
“It did cross my mind, ‘Am I going to be working with some bloody big ‘I am’?” Pat admits, “but Dan couldn’t have been nicer and more grounded, which I think comes from the fact that, like Saoirse Ronan, his folks worked in the industry.
“The energy of the guy as well; for the last month of the run he was getting up at five every morning and heading to Pinewood Studios to do the A Young Doctor’s Handbook series with Jon Hamm. He’d get back to the theatre around six, have an hour’s kip and then go into make-up before doing what was a very, very physical show. I’m not sure I’d be as dedicated to the cause as that if I had his bank balance!”
Also on the agenda are making Queen And Country with John Boorman and Richard E. Grant; upcoming all-star Irish movie Calvary; Moone Boy and why Hollywood might not be for him.