Cillian Murphy is perhaps one of the most popular actors of our time. A recent post about the actor has, however, started a debate.
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A post featuring two pictures of Cillian Murphy, 13 years apart, seemed to spark a lot of reactions from fans. In the post shared to X by Complex Pop Culture, the picture to the left showed the actor in 2013 when the show Peaky Blinders debuted. On the right was a picture of the actor from this year’s film premiere.
One person wrote, “How old is he? 13 years difference can really age a person this much?”
While another wrote, “He barely aged.” “He’s finally turned from cillian to Tommy Shelby IRL,” another added. Another, however, added, “Looks dead inside in both pictures.”
Another person added, “He is hurting.” However, most fans thought the actor looked better now than before, with one adding, “He’s even better looking now. Love the coat!”
Cillian Murphy is one of the few actors who do not care for the fame side of his job. He is known for his reserved demeanor. Murphy began working in the hit show Peaky Blinders in 2013 as Thomas Shelby, an infamous leader of a crime gang in post-Second World War Britain.
However, the actor has said about his fame, “Being a personality is not what I am good at. I’m an incredibly average person, really.”
He went on to say, “Existing in this world? Talking about yourself, going on f***ing red carpets? It’s not healthy if you start to believe this s**t, and I’m really bad at it, too.”
Murphy lives near Dublin, not trading his land for the bright lights of Hollywood. Emily Blunt, who starred next to him in Oppenheimer called him, “the best actor in the world and the worst celebrity in the world.”
The actor turned 50 recently, and reflecting on it said, “Middle age is really interesting,” adding, “You’ve had children and been successful and then hit this certain age and think, ‘All right, this is the first time I’ve got less time left than I’ve had so far on this planet.’”
He added, “So I do think, ‘Well, what do I do now?’ Hopefully, I can just be a reasonable dad and husband, and then, when it comes, still take the work incredibly seriously. Most of the time, I’m at home, walking the dog.”
The actor has been married to Irish visual artist Yvonne McGuinness since 2004 and share two children, Malachy and Aran.
While Peaky Blinders ended in 2022, the actor reprised his role for a Netflix movie, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, set to come out on March 20.
“I was 35 when we started and 48 when we made the film,” Murphy said of the project. “I’ve played Tommy for over a quarter of my life, moving from being a youngish man right into the teeth of middle age. It’s incredibly rewarding seeing everybody around you get older.”
The actor said of his television series, “A film will come and be hot or not and then it’s gone. But TV? It’s like a novel — people find it.”Over the past years, Murphy has played many dark, psychologically complex characters, including the physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons, a traumatized British naval officer, and the leader of a crime family.
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