Aidan Quinn portrays Harry Boland , Collins ' best friend , and rival for the love of Kitty Kiernan , played by Roberts .


Much of the film was shot on location in Dublin with Jordan using thousands of its citizens as unpaid extras .


A set , however , was used for the fighting scenes .


Noting that information about Collins was " as mysterious as the existence he maintained " , Jordan said he made some historical assumptions in the film .


" I have made choices about certain events based on my own extensive research into his letters and reported speeches , " he said . "


I wanted to make this a story as accurate as possible without killing it dramatically and I think I have .


One of the assumptions is his interpretation of the murky circumstances surrounding the shooting death of Collins , who had broken with his comrades when he sought a negotiated settlement with Britain , in an ambush in 1922 .


" I have never lost more sleep over the making of a film than I have over ' Michael Collins ' , but I 'll never make a more important one , " Jordan said .


" In the life of one person you can tell the events that formed the north and south of Ireland as they are today . "


Dhaka stocks seen steady in absence of big players .


Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange ( DSE ) may remain steady as small investors are expected to target mainly blue chips while overseas investors will prefer to keep to the sidelines when the market reopens after Moslem Friday weekend , brokers said .


" The market is expected to remain steady .


There will be both buying and selling pressure , " said broker Shakil Rizvi .


Broker Khurshid Alam said : " The market sentiment will remain strong .


But the prices may move in a close range following a continued market uptrend . "


Brokers said blue chips like IDLC , Bangladesh Lamps , Chittagong Cement and Atlas Bangladesh were expected to rise .


They said there was still demand for blue chips in engineering sector despite their persistent rise over the past several sessions .


The DSE all share price index closed 2.73 points or 0.22 percent up at 1,196.35 on a turnover of 133.7 million taka on Thursday .