Colin Farrell designed own tattoo’s for ‘The Way Back’- SEE VIDEO

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Colin Farrell designed own tattoo’s for ‘The Way Back’- SEE VIDEO
December 31, 2010
Amy Andrews
Irish Central

rish actor Colin Farrell has revealed he designed his own communist tattoo’s for his Russian character in his latest film “The Way Back”.

Farrell plays the part of Valka, a Russian soldier who escapes with other prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940.

The Dublin born actor has a few tattoo’s of his own but said his characters tattoo’s had a lot more significance.

"There's an incredible significance to every single drop of ink that appears on these men's bodies, much more so than the couple of drunk markings that I have of various nights in the last 15 years on my body.

"But each single tattoo referenced either a crime committed, an amount of time done, a particular status one held within the criminal infrastructure so it was fun.

"Again it was something that was very foreign to me, it was very exotic, as was the accent and language so it was just another conduit into Valka.

"Peter gave me a couple of books that had a lot of the tattoos that were used, some photographs, some drawings, reams, hundreds, 800 tattoos, 1,000 tattoos and I went through them and kind of just designed Valka's torso."

“The Way Back” goes on general U.S. release on January 21.