Cillian Murphy.Photo: Kosmas Pavlos/Rolling Stone UK
Cillian Murphyisn’t in it for the fame.
TheOppenheimeractor, 46, gave a rare wide-ranging interview inRolling StoneUKfor the magazine’s June/July 2023 cover story, where he lamented about the negative aspects to being recognized in public.
“It fetishizes everything: You can be walking down the street and someone takes a picture like this is a f—ing event,” Murphy said. He added that while “it kind of destroys nuance and human behavior,” he understands “that’s part and parcel of” the job of a famous actor.
Cillian Murphy.Kosmas Pavlos/Rolling Stone UK
Having moved with his wifeYvonne McGuinnessand their two teenage sons from London to Dublin in his home country of Ireland about eight years ago, Murphy said, “Fame evaporates with regularity. I’m around [this restaurant] all the time and no one gives a f—ing s—. Nobody cares.”
“But if … one of the guys fromSuccessionwalked in here, I’d be all intimidated and shaky,” the actor admitted. “When you’re confronted with someone you’ve invested a lot in, or you think is amazing, the encounter is strange.”
Cillian Murphy.Kosmas Pavlos for Rolling Stone UK
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For Murphy, “the best people” in the business — for example, his fellow Irish actors (and recentOscarnominees)Barry KeoghanandKerry Condon— are “not doing it for any other reason but love of the craft.”
“They have a compulsion to make work, not to be famous or get attention,” he explained.
ThePeaky Blindersstar toldRolling StoneUK that he isn’t a fan of going out in general, and is usually “at home mostly, or with my friends, unless I have a film to promote.”
Cillian Murphy inOppenheimer(2023).Universal Pictures/Youtube
“That’s fine; it means I’m doing my job,” Murphy added. “Peakyfans are amazing. But sometimes I feel a little sad that I can’t provide — like — that charisma and swagger.”
Oppenheimeris in theaters July 21.
source: people.com
