Cillian Murphy reflects on his Oscar win in 2024!
The Oppenheimer star, 47, won best actor on Sunday for his portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the hit 2023 film.
Speaking to reporters in the press room afterwards, Murphy revealed he was still in a “daze” after winning the award and admitted he couldn’t remember his acceptance speech.
“I’m a little — I’m a little groggy, you know,” Murphy said. “I am very devastated. I am very humbled. I am very grateful. And you know, I’m very proud to be – to be an Irishman standing here today.”
Cillian Murphy accepts the award for Best Actor at the 2024 Academy Awards.
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Murphy also revealed that people only remember him for his role in the Christopher Nolan film he would be “very pleased”.
“You know, you have to move forward, but this was a big, big moment for me,” he said. “The film is so special to me and Chris and I have such a special relationship that I feel very privileged to continue working with him.”
“This is a film that’s provocative and it’s questioning and it’s challenging, but still, you know, so many people want to see it,” he added. “So I’m really, really proud of that.”
Murphy added that achieving his career achievement with director Nolan – who was named best director on Sunday – was “very, very special”.
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Cillian Murphy who won Best Actor in a Leading Role for ‘Oppenheimer’ poses in the press room during the 96th Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California.
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“We’ve been working together for 20 years,” he said. “I think he’s the perfect director.”
Murphy then revealed that he had taken a test for Nolan when “he was a kid and I thought that would be it.”
“It would be enough to be in the room with Chris for a few hours and here we are,” he said. “So I’m – I’m so humbled and grateful,” he continued.
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During his acceptance speech earlier that evening, Murphy expressed his gratitude to Nolan, 53, saying: “I owe you more than I can say.”
He then thanked “every single member of the crew”, “every single member of the cast”, his “amazing team”, his family, including his wife of almost 20 years, Yvonne McGuinness, and their sons Malachy, 18, and Arana, 16.
“I love you so much and I’m a very proud Irishman standing here tonight,” he said. “It’s really, really important to me and – I don’t know if I said this in my speech because I can’t remember what I said – but I think in Ireland we’re really great at supporting artists and I think we need to continue to support artists and the next generation of actors and directors, I think that’s vitally important.”
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