Colin Farrell's "extraordinary" friend Emma Fogarty has told him on the Late Late Show that she "trusts no one more" to complete the Dublin Marathon with her.
The Dublin actor will run the 42km race for epidermolysis bullosa. charity Debra.ie on October 27th. The Castleknock native has recently made headlines around the globe for his role as The Penguin in HBO's new limited series.
The Hollywood A-lister is gearing up for the serious challenge to pay tribute to his friend Emma Fogarty, Ireland's longest-living person with the rare skin condition epidermolysis bullosa.
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The run will celebrate Emma's incredible 40th birthday milestone, with Farrell ready to push the Laois native in her wheelchair for the last 4km of the marathon, and hoping to raise €400,000 for Debra.ie in the process.
Farrell told host Patrick Kielty on tonight's Late Late Show: "For every decade of living with EB, surviving EB, we're doing 1k so I'm going to push Emma for the last 4k."
Opening up about his 14-year long friendship with Fogarty, Farrell said: "She's one of the most extraordinary human beings I've ever met. Her spirit, her sense of humour, her kindness and her joy for life was astonishing.
"Particularly, not because of but in spite of, what she's living with."
Speaking about her daily life of living with epidermolysis bullosa, Fogarty said that "hard is an understatement".
"There are no words for what it's like to live with day to day," she said. "I have a full bandage change every four hours and the pain is excruciating.
"The pain is constant, like sitting here now I am in agony."
Fogarty added that while 4km might sound very little to many people, it will be a big challenge for her.
"There's people here that probably run 10km or 5km everyday," she said. "For me, 4km is going to be a long journey because of potholes, ramps and even a pebble on the road, I will feel every one.
"I will definitely have wounds at the end of it."
Fogarty added that she has complete faith in Farrell ahead of the marathon: "Apart from my family, I trust no one more than you to push me."
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