U2 Unveil 'Song For Someone' Short Film Starring Woody Harrelson

Disappointingly enough, Woody Harrelson didn't reprise his detective persona in True Detective season 2 alongside Matthew McConaughey, but the 53-year-old quickly found a unique acting gig—this time in U2's "Song for Someone" short film in which he jumps sides of the law.

U2 unveiled the Vincent Haycock-directed film on SundanceTV, in which Harrelson stars alongside his biological daughter Zoe Harrelson as an awkward father-daughter duo. After years of incarceration, Harrelson's character gets released back into the real world and into the car of his estranged kid. The more-than seven minute video was previously teased with a 15-second clip.

"Song for Someone," which appears on U2's 2014 album Songs of Innocence, was crafted based on SundanceTV series Rectify, a show that details the struggles of Daniel Holden and his family to lead a normal life after Holden's release from 19 years on death row, notes Rolling Stone.

Songs of Innocence struck up loads of controversy when it was released for free on iTunes in September of 2014 and immediately synced and downloaded to iPhone music libraries—both wanted and unwanted, gathering reactions of celebrities and fans alike.

After experiencing a San Jose live performance in May, Oasis' Noel Gallagher recently added his two cents on U2's show, describing it as a "psychedelic experience." After the show, Gallagher detailed the live show as "a great leap forward", notes NME, adding: "It was theatre. It starts off as a punk rock gig but then it gets intimate, there's a lot of truth in it about where they come from and the people that they are. At points it's quite touching when you see footage of people like Bono's mum and his kids, stuff like that, walking up the street they grew up on."

The band is currently touring the United States and Canada, causing buzz around their decisions and invitations to bring fans onstage. Previously having held the record for highest concert attendance at Soldier Field in Chicago, the Grateful Dead ousted the group during their Fare Thee Well shows.

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