Interviewing Cillian Murphy

[emma286]

That is a pity that in the end nothing came of that. Still good that he's aware of this forum, and it sure would be cool if it ever turned out he posted or chatted here (whether under his own name or under another). And agreeing if it did turn out he was Rippner it'd be another cool thing - though as with Larva I'm pretty doubtful on that.

Agreeing with what others have said on this latest 28 Months sequel also. I do think that they've taken the whole concept too far by now. I mean, just how much more can they do with that type of story anyway? Considering how they left things at the end of 28 weeks. Unless of course the purpose of this latest film is to focus on what happened with all of the original surviving characters at the end of the first - but even then somehow the idea seems more than a little silly to me. I would be very suprised if indeed Cillian has been asked to be in it - and if he said yes at this stage.

Which gives me the idea for another question:

''Cillian have you been asked to join the cast for 28 Months Later? And if you have did you tell the director a very firm no?''

[Seabreeze]

Cillian was joking about 28 Months and 28 years Later.

[emma286]

Never said I was going by Cillians word. Check out this Wikipedia link:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Weeks_Later

It states there Danny Boyle discussed the high possibility of a further sequel last year. And that the internet movie database has a release date of 2011, as of this month for 28 Months Later.

[Larvalee]

Good catch Emma, I thought I remembered hearing about 28 Months more then just the one flippant comment from Cillian..... I'm sure I'll end up watching it even though I think the story has been exhausted. I am curious where else they think they can go with it.......

[emma286]

No probs Larva

No doubt I'll go see this at the cinema when it eventually come out here (lol!) - just to satisfy my own curiosity too. Still more than a little concerned it'll turn out to be pants though - much as so far I've really liked what I've so far seen of Danny Boyle's work.

[emma286]

Realising this is a pretty old thread now. But I had a question come to mind I hadn't thought to post before, and as I thought maybe this was a thread newer member as well as older members might still have an interest in thought I'd resurrect it for now!

The latest question I've thought of, that in fact I'd be interested to ask any actor, whether Cillian or another, is "When immersing yourself in a character performance, is forgetting yourself in the process something that comes naturally to you? Or is it the result of working on specific techniques?"

What's always really fascinated me about acting is how easily it appears people can totally forget who they really are in day to day life and become somebody who is either nothing like them or only partially like them - but still with pretty big differences. From my point of view, when I was alot younger and had drama lessons at school, when on the odd occasion I had to act, this was something I could never really do. Which is a big reason as to why, imo, I was never much good at it. But all the same, it's still something that's always fascinated me. I'm sure there's no one size fits all answer. I'm sure different actors would have different replies to that. But all the same, it'd be interesting for me to hear at least one if I ever got the opportunity! ;D

[disarm79]

That's a very astute question Emma! I hope whoever plans on interviewing Cillian in the future looks on this forum and steals that question Would love to know the answer to that.

I can't act either. In school the words skit and role-play made me have a nervous breakdown, haha

[emma286]

Thanks Disarm! I'm hoping along the same line's! It'd be great to hear his specific answer on that. lol! I know just what you mean on school drama. To start with, on the one or two occasions I was able to get up and make an attempt to act in front of people, I coped ok. I'd be able to try at least - even though imo I never did that good. But later it became very difficult for me to even try - I'd get so nervous and self conscious! It's funny, it's said some actors - and I believe this probably includes Cillian - find acting a good way of losing their self consciousness while immersed in giving a performance. But it worked the opposite way for me! Just the idea that people would be watching/judging me - whether I was pretending to be someone else or not - just made my self consciousness worse!!
It got to the point I'd just stand/sit back, keep as low a profile as I could, and let other classmates - who were really putting themselves out there with their efforts - have the attention so it'd be less likely I'd be expected to do anything lol! ;D

This has been something that has never stopped fascinating me about acting over the years. I wish I knew the secret ( or at least one of the secrets lol!) of how people achieve this kind of ability. Maybe in part because I always wished that's an ability I'd developed. And also, because of my level of movie appreciation in general. It never ceases to amaze me what some actors/actresses are capable of doing with their skill (meaning that in a good way!). Cillian of course included! ;D

[disarm79]

This question has brought back many memories, lol. I remember back in the day when my parents made me go to catholic religious education classes(CCD). That was dreadful...sorry if I offended anybody by saying that, but it was. We did skits all the time. I was actually kind of dangerous on our little stage....

It's not totally clear in my mind, but I think I was playing the part of Joseph , I rolled the stone over Jesus's tomb. We used a round table for the large rolling stone. During are short rehearsal I had it all down, but in front of everyone I dropped the "stone" on top of Jesus. Not many people were happy about that except one guy had a good laugh....he fell back in his chair.

Oh, and the solo recitals in band. The reed of my clarinet always seem to want to chip while I was in front of everyone playing. My low notes sounded like a flock of geese, it was so embarrassing.

So yeah, whenever the spotlight is on me, sh*t happens. Well at least I can always say I put on a show. I'll shut-up now because I could go on and on and forever with these kind of stories.