Neeson should have played De Valera

Not sure about Brannagh but I thought the same re Neeson.

Interestingly, Brendan Gleeson, who has a small part in this movie, looks a lot more like Collins than Neeson does. Also interestingly, Brendan Gleeson played Michael Collins in a 1991 Irish historical television film titled The Treaty, which was about negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the Irish diplomatic delegation, which was led by Michael Collins, and the British government in 1921. This Treaty is mentioned prominently in Michael Collins -- you see Collins begging de Valera not to send him, and then stating after the negotiations that he got the best deal that the British were willing to consider -- but you don't see any of the negotiations themselves. Well, in The Treaty, you see the negotiations themselves depicted, and Gleeson does an excellent job portraying Collins. In truth, Gleeson would have been better for the part in the movie Michael Collins, but Neeson was the bigger star and got the nod, and Neeson delivers a fine performance.