“I’m a very proud Irishman” – Cillian Murphy’s Oscar-winning speech in full
“I’m a very proud Irishman.” Cillian Murphy has become the first Irish-born actor to win the Best Actor Oscar. At the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles, the Corkman won the prestigious award for his role as J Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. In his acceptance speech, Murphy thanked Nolan and […]
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David Baddiel on why Cillian Murphy should not have played Oppenheimer
“Another day, another film/TV show/play in which a famous Jew is played by a non-Jew.” Comedian and author David Baddiel has penned an opinion piece in which he criticises the casting of non-Jewish actors to play Jewish people in the historical drama epic Oppenheimer. In the Christopher Nolan-directed movie, Cillian Murphy plays real-life theoretical physicist […]
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