LIVING THE MEME..
Cillian on viral social media trend: ‘Can’t I be normal?’
OSCAR-WINNING actor Cillian Murphy has reacted to being the most “memed” person on the internet.
During an interview with the Financial Times’ How To Spend It magazine, the Irish actor confessed: “Everyone knows that I’m the most f***ing memed awkward person on the internet.”
Cillian regularly gets the meme treatment on social media, including a viral video of him looking uncomfortable on the way into the Golden Globes with captions such as, “When you sign up for something when you’re feeling extroverted and now you have to attend.”
He joked and asked: “Can’t I just be normal? It is nuts, you know.”
Even his Oppenheimer co-star Emily Blunt acknowledged this, and previously called him “the world’s best actor and the world’s worst celebrity.”
Cillian also admitted that he thinks “it’s bizarre” that he won an Oscar last month.
The Cork native confessed he still thinks “What the f**k?” when he looks at his award.
He also spoke about how proud he was to be “representing” Ireland, four weeks on from his career-defining win.
During his touching Oscars acceptance speech, Cillian gushed over being a “proud Irishman”, before signing off with: “Go raibh míle maith agaibh.”
“The Oscars looms very large in our cultural landscape. I remember as a kid when Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker and Neil Jordan won. They’re massive,” he said.
Identity
Cillian said he “felt very strongly about my Irish identity” while accepting the award.
“It was very prominent in my thoughts because it’s an American awards ceremony, and you do feel as though you are representing,” he explained.
“And because you’re aware of how much people at home are invested in it.
You want to be the best you can.” Cillian added of awards season: “I’m enjoying it, because I’m choosing to enjoy it, and I think there’s a distinction.”