Cillian Murphy ('Small Things Like These') reflects on an Irish injustice | GOLD DERBY

Cillian Murphy ('Small Things Like These') reflects on an Irish injustice. 'It was like this weird cognitive dissonance in Ireland, where we kind of knew this stuff was going on, but we didn't know,' says the actor. Gold Derby senior editor Daniel Montgomery hosts this webchat.
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[@IlGattonero13]

Nice little interview. Good questions and carefully considered answers. Cillian is so beautifully spoken and weighs his responses so thoughtfully - never tosses off a facile or appeasing reply. So interesting to hear about his straddling the “old” and “new” Irelands and about how people “knew but didn’t know” about the laundries. Likewise his observation about the spectrum “between innocence and complicity” and where we each stand on it. Packed a lot of punch for a short webchat. Loved the novel and can’t wait to see the film. Thank you!

[@theredhairedchild944]

He comes from down the road from me. Went tot he same school though a few years ahead. Exceptionally talented and he will portray the magdalene laundries in a way that will shock people and rightly so.

[@twononcriticsandacat]

The movie is breathtaking! He’s out of this world! If lionsgate put some more money in the promotion it would be his second Oscar

[@colettebrennan1840]

He's a Good Man ❤

[@robharr1]

Hoping this movie isn’t forgotten in the awards season!

[@JoshFriedman786]

Absolutely, I just saw the film and its such a powerful adaptation of the novel. If this gets nominated at BAFTA then the voter support might carry over to the Oscars.

[@Andrew-Antioch-Kim]

Humility at it's finest!

[@katiboss4417]

He`s such a lovely person ♥ such an important issue in Ireland which hopefully can be somehow reprocessed!

[@hellogoditsmesara3569]

The movie was absolutely phenomenal, Murphy, Watson, and (Eileen) Walsh all delivered stellar performances and Mielants and (Enda) outdid themselves in the script and directing

[@JoshFriedman786]

I really hope Cillian Murphy gets an afterglow Oscar nomination for this beautiful Irish film. I've seen it at a screening and his performance is just mesmerizing. 👌

[@thequietman760]

The effects from those events still live heavily here in Ireland. And it was sanction not only by the goverment but also sanctioned and carried out by the Catholic Church. More shame on our past by the church. All those poor girls lives destroyed and in some cases 'ENDED' 💔

[@vannesagannon4555]

I am 48 IRISH I WAS BORN IN A MOTHER AND BABY HOME ❤❤❤

[@amyjohnson4449]

so sorry that happened to you.

[@julierogers1155]

I am in the U.S. and eagerly anticipating the movie arriving here!

[@theredhairedchild944]

November 8th buddy

[@cl17886]

Love such kind of interviews with him 😌 thank you

[@eveningstar1]

Great questions

[@sheilaoneil18]

A very, very close relative of mine was in an Irish mother and baby home. I have a whole story to relate. I read loads of Irish literature and I have read the book by Claire Keegan and can't wait to see the film as I love Cillian Murphy.

[@ALavin-en1kr]

Most countries or their citizens do not want to put their shames out there; the Irish are different. There are things about the era that were good too, and I hope some of that meets the light of day. It was not all bad, there is good and bad in every place; in all countries and in all people’s lives. In was also what the parents did because of what the culture of the time was; the woman was usually abandoned and the father involved went on to live his life. Apparently unscathed, uncaring, that a child of his was out there going through what could be assumed as none other than a difficult time; parentless and unmoored. It happened in other cultures as well, there was The Foundling House in New York. Foundlings were everywhere. In England, during that time, many children were out the door and gone at sixteen. The world was less a threat than the home. There are a lot of ‘throw away children’ today as well. The Jeffery Epstein’s know all about that. It is also the case today that people become parents who do not end up being parents but people their children know may exist, and that is about it.

[@monicagristwood4759]

I love this guy ❤❤❤❤

[@katepistole9746]

My grandma was in the orphanage, her mother in the laundry. Never met either one. They died young. I have one picture of my great grandmother. They were sent to America. Philadelphia. We went back in early 1990s. Sure it is a sad thing to learn but we honor them. College educated people now. Still gripping the church though and have love for them. But I can tell you I feel the pain of my ancestors . The church was our salvation from the hell they created. I’m well aware of their prayers for peace. And I live and I love. From county Mayo. I have to see the movie. Perhaps people will understand why us Irish Americans have to come back to Ireland and touch the land. It’s still in us. We still grieve for our ancestors. We are invested in the recovery of Ireland. When I have a moment of hardship I think of them and preserve them in my heart. You can do anything in this mindset with education. Thank you for this project. I have been slowly researching and digesting this topic. It felt like a deep routed secret that nobody cared about. Just thank you. Can’t wait to see this.

[@queenb62]

I want to buy Cillian Murphy a jigsaw The story though is incredible and very true to Claire Keegan's book

[@cl17886]

His Oscar is just on a shelf 🥲

[@jessgunn6639]

Probably next to his kids participation trophy's in behind the biggest one!

[@mariaburt4102]

Such a lovely genuine man, there is something very special about him.

[@jessgunn6639]

Cillian I was so impressed with you as a kid, but I couldn't be more proud of you as a grown man.

[@sharonparker7867]

I absolutely can’t wait to see this movie, loved the book.

[@vultures_prey]

I sure wish I could find that “discreet” shelf of his. ♥️ What a fever dream!

[@mauradoyle2045]

He is Irish, so he would know the history of this country, unfortunately, a lot of it is true. Industrial schools were horrific as well. It's not a fiction. A lot of today's problems in Ireland date back to those times. Treating children as objects to abuse, and women were isolated from communities if they weren't married or worse had children. The mentality at the time was appalling, and lots of people suffered or left the country as a result.

[@mauradoyle2045]

Money was also a problem, poverty people couldn't afford to get married or fed the children of these women not excusing the behaviour at the time, and society's attatute at the time.

[@vannesagannon4555]

❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😮❤❤❤

[@sharonramsey715]

Doesn’t Danial Mountgomery even understand the weight of the story. It’s a true Irish embarrassment. He needs to read the short story and forget about Cillian’s Oscar.