Is Bullseye Irish?

This is just a question I have to ask, but I saw a TV review of the DD movie, and a clip they showed of the film featured the Kingpin (Mike Clarke Duncan) and Bullseye (Colin Farrell). Now I know Farrell is from Dublin, Ireland, and sports a really heavy 'Dub' accent, but he is able to duplicate American accents, so I was wondering, because I haven't read many DD comics, IS Bullseye Irish? Or is this yet another change in the movie?

Bullseye's place of origin has never been a big plot point. Farrell asked if he could use his native accent instead of trying to mimick one, and there was no real reason not to.

-Ralf Haring 'The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less.' -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon

Well, Bullseye's never spoken in X-Menish bad Irish-Pidgeon english. And, back when they acknowledged he had a past, his name was Poindexter. Not the most Irish sounding, but not definative. So might Bullseye be Irish? Maybe Irish-American. But it's not a big deal either way.

-Chris C.

Not as bad as Kingpin being black. Uh oh, here we go again!

Well, Kingpin is not black either and Daredevil doesn't wear kinky leather. I think they just took some liberties.

This is one part of the movie that works great - I liked just about every thing about Bullseye, one of my favorite villains. Writers have always been ambigous about his origins, so I had no problem with the idea that he is Irish. The scene on the plane is a quintessential Bullseye moment.

My 3 Rules concerning 'does this comics-to-film' adaptation work:

1) Is it faithful to the source material?

2) Is it accessible to a wide audience?

3) Does it tell a good story?

We can agree to disagree on how close 'Daredevil' is to Rule #1, but ultimately, it doesn't matter that the film version of the Kingpin is black if his race doesn't affect his characterization, motivation, etc.... just as it doesn't matter that Pete Ross is black on 'Smallville.'

Why is this only the case for secondary characters? If this rule applies, then why is Superman always a white guy...or, why wasn't DD black, Asian, or Indian? I think Hollywood and the public only go sar far in accepting this as a rule. Not saying it is right....