Characters
Darren/Pig is portrayed by Cillian Murphy, who also originally played the part in the stage version. Runt is the only person Pig knows well. He cannot begin to comprehend a world where Runt does not exist. Together they create a surreal world where there is little division between reality and dreams and Pig's and Runt's two personas. Pig is a strange, volatile dreamer.
Runt is portrayed by Elaine Cassidy. She is the calmer of the two characters. When events involving Pig get too wild, Runt steps in quietly. Although the less voiced of the two, she is the more independent. Eileen Walsh played this role on stage.
Pig and Runt are the only actual characters in the play version. The other characters are merely described by them. However, the film has a number of other, mostly very minor, characters beyond Pig and Runt.
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