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It was the most talked about
Oscar
of the night along with that of the film in which he stars,
Oppenheimer
, the award for an actor,
Cillian Murphy,
who had barely bothered to campaign for his nomination because, among other things, he has admitted to being
"a shit"
in everything related to promotion, interviews and the
Hollywood
lobby
in
general.
"I've never been interested in that stuff," he said.
Nor did he need it.
It is likely that from now on, this 47-year-old Irishman, intense gaze and fame as a humble guy will be remembered for more than just his role in
Peaky Blinders
as the bloodthirsty
Thomas "Tommy" Shelby.
His
Oscar
is the culmination of an atypical relationship of many years with
Christopher Nolan
that began with
Batman Begins
(2005), playing Scarecrow, and which has gone through
Inception
and
Dunkirk
before arriving at the adaptation of
Robert Oppenheimer 's biography
.
Nolan
called him for an audition after seeing a photo of him in
28 Days Later
and gave him the opportunity.
Since then, he hasn't gotten Murphy's eyes out of his head.
It was his only choice to play the
New York physicist,
the father of the atomic bomb.
The Irishman immediately accepted without even reading the script and without knowing that the film, with the help of
Barbie -
both were released simultaneously - would not only sweep the awards season, but would become a box office phenomenon. .
In total it has raised 957 million dollars worldwide.
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Cillian Murphy
took the
Dolby Theater
stage with his usual withdrawn air and took advantage of his first seconds of glory to introduce himself as "a proud Irish man" and thank Nolan.
"I owe you more than words can express," she told his director.
He is aware that his life could well have taken very different paths.
Murphy was slow to understand that acting was his thing, first interested in music and then focused on studying law at the
University of Cork.
Together with his brother he started a band,
The Sons of Mr Green Genes
, in honor of a
Frank Zappa song.
He could have hatched the attempt to allow himself to be coaxed by the record company,
Acid Jazz Records,
which offered him his first contract, but he rejected it, seduced by the theater.
While studying to be a lawyer, he decided to give acting a try with
Disco Pigs in 1996,
a play that years later made it to the big screen.
His first international breakthrough came with
Danny Boyle's apocalyptic film,
28 Days Later
, which opened the doors of Hollywood for him.
And the rest is history.
It will be difficult, however, for him to modify what is essential, the fact of having an aversion to popularity and fame.
He doesn't like having photos taken without asking permission.
He finds it offensive.
That explains the kind of conventional life he leads, focused on his native Ireland, his family, long-distance running, music and spending time with friends,
Colin Farrell
among them.