Cillian Murphy is 'not interested' in being in a romantic comedy
Cillian Murphy is “just not” keen on being in a romantic comedy. The ‘Peaky Blinders’ star loves taking on roles in “melancholic” pieces - whether it be theatre, television or movies - as he prefers his work to explore more “knotty” and “uncomfortable” themes. The 45-year-old actor told Esquire magazine: “I’ve always been interested in stuff that is — I don’t want to say on the darker side, because that’s too reductive — the melancholic, or the ambiguous, or the more transgressive. That, to me, is drama. That is where the real stuff is to be mined. I’m not interested in romantic comedies. I’m ...