The MERCURIAL Rise of Cillian Murphy | Oscars 2024

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Cillian Murphy has had a fairly interesting career as an actor but has consistently flown under the radar before becoming a household figure during his role in Oppenheimer. But just what is it about Cillian Murphy that makes his performance unique? In the Hollywood world of trying to get ahead and become the next A-list actor, Murphy has had one goal. Become the best actor he can be for the character he plays before going back home and staying away from the spotlight.
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0:00 Hollywood telling Cillian Murphy who he is
0:38 It takes 30 years to make a good actor
2:25 Early Years
3:28 Keeping personal personal
4:28 Christopher Nolan and Danny Boyle
5:59 Tasty
6:36 Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy
8:10 Blue-Eyed Acting
9:24 Cillian Murphy's Acting Career Progression: Disco Pigs to Oppenheimer
9:37 Oppenheimer
10:20 Using his eyes in Peaky Blinders
11:24 Oppenheimer Performance
12:40 A glorious failure
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#cillianmurphy #oppenheimer #FrameVoyager

[@FrameVoyager]

What's your favorite Cillian Murphy film?

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

INCEPTION

[@FrameVoyager]

I do love inception haha. I don't always get why some people hate on that film

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

@@FrameVoyager I love Inception so much. It's great on so many levels. haha

[@ChunkyJo]

@@FrameVoyager For me, I turned on Inception after about the 3rd watch. I was blown away by it in theaters. After thinking about it and analyzing it more I came to realization it's a pretty surface-level movie with lots of absolutely phenomenal visual effects. But I totally totally understand why people love the movie.

[@ChunkyJo]

28 Days Later for me. I enjoy watching Sunshine more, but 28 Days is very sentimental to me in that it was shot on the Canon XL2 while I was in college using the same cameras. It inspired me so much that I don't know if I'd still be doing video had I not watched the movie at the time I did.

[@ashtonsanchez6370]

His performance is subtle in Oppenehimer and Peaky that you forget someone is acting. He just becomes his characters. Beautiful video!

[@FrameVoyager]

Exactly! That's what makes his performance in Oppenheimer to me so perfect. You just are not overly distracted by him and catch a lot more of the nuance

[@reyashvishwa]

a moment of silence for those who haven't watched Peaky Blinders.

[@nobad6843]

​@@reyashvishwabroadwalk empire>>>>

[@reyashvishwa]

@@nobad6843 haven't watched it yet. let's see.

[@jenlindley7780]

​@@nobad6843NEVER!!!

[@Nexowl]

It's insane how much emotion he delivered in Oppenheimer, even in scenes where he doesn't speak a word.

[@prahladsethi76]

I really hope he gets the Oscar for his performance.

[@FrameVoyager]

I really think he is going to

[@helenheeney2284]

Well there's no justice in the world if he doesn't he's a genius pure and simple

[@elijahalbiston]

At least he's been nominated. I'm sure there are other deserving performances but I really hope he takes the cake.

[@OtherSide-]

W

[@nikitamahto30]

He just did

[@StAu8390]

When I watched Oppenheimer, I thought, how could he win if he wasn’t even acting? It was like watching a documentary throughout. One would forget he was not the man himself.

[@FrameVoyager]

Exactly!

[@RabbidTribble]

It’s incredibly refreshing to see praise being given to an actor who chooses to go against the celebrity culture of tv/movie stardom. I also love that this video respects Cillian’s boundaries and focuses on his career and talents, not areas of his private life, like his family. Hopefully other media folks will do the same and he’ll be able to keep the lower profile he prefers after the awards season ends. I have to say that my respect for RDJ has also grown just watching the gracious way he takes a backseat in this film and does his best at all times to support and protect Cillian as the lead actor. I was worried for a while that RDJ might be turning into a diva, but those fears have been put to rest.

[@FrameVoyager]

I'm glad you caught on to that in the video! We tried to set that private aspect about him early on as to clue into why we never talked about his private life. Really approached the script from his perspective and happy that came through in the edit. Yeah RDJ just seems like the fun uncle in this whole thing haha

[@sunflower-oo1ff]

@@FrameVoyager It certainly did, I thank you too !! job well done !!👌

[@mgariepy42]

Josh Hartnett did the same in his 20s. He declined being a Hollywood hunk. He kept his life out of the public, has been making some great indie films, married an English wife and lives in England on a farm with her and their 3 kids.He has a life.☺️

[@allforgood9722]

RDJ is a great actor. He's doing a good job deceiving with his false humility. But, with his 6-inch lifts and overbearing personality (at times resembling Tony Stark), he does steal the spotlight and puts himself front and center. He can be seen arranging photo ops grabbing Emily for the center and pushing Cillian to the side.

[@mgariepy42]

@@allforgood9722 Well, hats off to you o dude “all for good” for injecting your nasty words about RDJ into a thread praising Cillian Murphy. You must be a real conversation downer with friends. The proverbial Eeyore. RDJ is an extrovert, a very funny man (did you hear him read off the tweets he’s gotten over the years? Hilarious.) He is doing great promotional work for Murphy and for Nolan since neither of them is comfortable in interviews. And Hollywood loves him. Now sit down and be quiet. We do not want your rain on our Cillian Murphy parade.

[@EvilDaren]

Cillian was mind fucking blowing in Oppenheimer, he truly deserves the Oscar for the best actor

[@Missjunebugfreak]

My favorite performance of Cillian Murphy is in "Breakfast On Pluto". I've been a fan of his for over a decade and it's been a thrill to watch him getting so much recognition for his impeccable performance in "Oppenheimer". He's such a humble man and deserves all of this success.

[@seanc41556]

Not many people know of that film. It's very underrated. I'm guessing you're from Ireland?

[@Missjunebugfreak]

@@seanc41556 No I'm not from Ireland (though I wish I was). I only got to know of that film a few years ago. I'm just an avid Cillian fan :)

[@lehcaraz1]

Cillian is unbelieveable in that movie. I started watching all his movies after I fell in love with his Tommy Shelby. He becomes the most beautiful woman. He is feminine without being effeminate. Every move he makes is so real as a woman. That movie could have come off as a drag queen film but he made you understand and feel for the woman he always wanted to be.

[@LamationsakaThatDude]

High chance he's taking an Oscar in March.

[@FrameVoyager]

Oh absolutely, and deservedly so

[@wharsmetoothpicson9465]

His performances in Irish movies are still my favourites, Intermission, Breakfast on Pluto and The Wind That Shakes The Barley.

[@seanc41556]

Yes!! 100%, although he definitely improves and gets bigger movies, which he deserves.

[@shipra123100]

Every word said here is Truth. Two people I really wish win oscars that are Nolan and Murphy

[@FrameVoyager]

They both probably will win!

[@BradleyLayton7]

Had no idea he was the lead in 28 Days Later

[@FrameVoyager]

Yeah it's interesting digging into the histories of people who you know now for other roles but forget completely about their early roles. It kind of makes sense with his idea that it take 30 years to make a good actor. It's 27 years in for him and he definitely peaked.

[@jesustovar2549]

That's my reaction as well😅

[@Lezzyboy87]

And hung dong 😂

[@fred-62]

I couldn't stop seeing him after he was in the other movies always reminded me of 28 days

[@tanvin_shariar_roudro24]

I really hope he gets oscars this year as he has been nominated: Seeing your video first time , really good narration & Great editing !

[@FrameVoyager]

I think he's gotta be a lock for it at this point but we shall see. And appreciate it! Doing a lot more Oscar content coming up here soon

[@samstoof]

Woah these edits are fire man. The time and effort really pay off. Well done to you!

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it!

[@K.C-2049]

I can't remember where I first saw Cillian Murphy (maybe 28 Days Later?) but I just fell in love lol he was so handsome and talented. I watched Sunshine (2007) because of him, which is still one of my favourite sci fi movies.

[@FrameVoyager]

Sunshine one of my favorite films ever made. I'm a sucker for space films 😅

[@xxGravyBabyxx]

Every time i watched the Batman trilogy, i was always fascinated by the scarecrow's character and that was due to Cilian Murphys performance. Even the small cameo in The Dark Knight rises when he was made the Judge by Bane is one of my favorite parts about the movie. Cilian Murphy has a smooth acting talent. Anything he plays, he does with ease.

[@jasminemas5721]

came for cillian stayed for the AMAZING editing!!

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it!

[@_monamono_2382]

I think the biggest compliment any actor can get, is when audience forgets that there’s someone acting in front of them. Cillian did a phenomenal job with this character!

[@blanchefan]

A truly astonishing actor and human being--I admire him and am rather in awe of him. A practicing artist.

[@frankathl1]

"A practicing artist": that's a wonderful compliment!

[@danySJ]

Very well done! Cillian is one of the greatest 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it!

[@andrewdickson1556]

I think the entire cast of Oppenheimer was incredible, a proper EVENT film with superb performances. Even though I thought the 1st act was almost obtusely slow, and the sex scene was laughably presented, the acting was just so damn good that I didn't mind wallowing in it. Cillian WILL get the Oscar (and RDJ the supporting male) I knew he was good after watching 28 days later. that scene when we're unsure if the rage has taken him and he goes totally postal on that guy - that made me uncomfortable -his eyes made me uncomfortable - that's talent! But to see just how far he's come and how incredible he is now is just amazing. I could never have seen that coming. great video!

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it! I honestly loved the whole film and more so when I watch it again. The beginning to me felt more like a Terrence Malick film at first before it kind of settles down. But yeah, haunting performance

[@andrewdickson1556]

@@FrameVoyager to me it almost felt like the film had no direction until Matt Damon turned up. Now there was plot, and momentum and a sense of urgency. I’m sure if I watched it again, knowing that the shift in pace and dynamic was coming, I would probably be more forgiving of the ponderous opening!

[@FrameVoyager]

@@andrewdickson1556 For me it kind of served the purpose of showing the wonder and excitement surrounding groundbreaking science. Then when the military shows up is when you start to slowly see that wonder part of the film slowly slip away into stoicism. Setting it up as something beautiful and exciting in which you see the life in his eyes having found that purpose for his life. But throughout that movie, the wonder and the beauty he found in quantum physics starts to fade from his eyes as the very discovery he's helped make now becomes something that could kill all of humanity. And the music does such a good job of this with the "Can you hear the music?" at the beginning playing into that idea of science being a beautiful thing, but than it meets with the cold reality of the driving industrial effort and war machine raging in the era he find himself in. Those two seemingly compete throughout the whole film until the latter mostly overtakes it. So for me I really liked that beginning section to be able to feel that sense of discovery and excitement they felt, just for it to be slowly replaced when they realize what it meant. But I totally get why some don't like the beginnign section as well.

[@victoriag1889]

Great video, Cillian became my favorite actor since Peaky blinders, Since then I'm obsessed with him, and I want him to win the Oscar this year because he deserves it, and I hope they give it to him 😭🥺🥺🥺

[@michaelhurley3171]

Love this actor for years. The next Daniel Day Lewis, also from Ireland! I'm Irish American.

[@scottmorgason]

Well done! This was put together beautifully! To me, your best work to date.

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it! Trying to add some new elements and find a balance of them. But really happy how this one turned out!

[@reginayoung2119]

Cillian Murphy is masterful! One of a kind. 🔥

[@ChunkyJo]

You guys need to be getting substantially more views.

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

The KZbin algorithm is the worst. This channel’s videos should be getting a couple hundred thousand views or more with in the first few days of publish.

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it! I'm sure this one will catch on. We had a bit of a hiatus after Christmas so makes sense why it's starting a bit slow.

[@RajeshNarkhed]

He was pretty awesome in my favourite movie "Red Eye" along with Rachael McAdams❤

[@saturn7947]

At end he wasn't acting he was reacting. completely emersed body and soul. After watching Oppenheimer again and again it's interesting to see how subtle he is with this but still complex emotions still projecting from his face.

[@leiiiii08]

great video

[@CYRUS_DeVeRaKe]

He absolutely deserved the Oscar, Congrats to him

[@Vyshnnav-dx8op]

Great video

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it!

[@rosa_stars349]

Hope he wins the oscar. He deserves it

[@anthonycotto9251]

One day your going to have 1 million subscribers. Your videos are that good.

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it! That would be pretty crazy haha

[@1940930]

It’s hard to choose his best movie because all his roles have been so different to him ..I first found him in “The Peaky Blinders” Oppenheimer was also truly amazing .. Cillian Murphy is so handsome but doesn’t mind if he is made look awful.. He doesn’t care at all.. I imagine his looks came against him in the beginning as far a “meaty” roles being offered.. He would have had to prove his worth & this he has certainly done ..He is an Icon and not even forty years old .. ❤️

[@Quwucuqin]

what a working class man can achieve

[@sinedits3074]

working class don't go to Uni...

[@mgariepy42]

@@sinedits3074 I think he’s talking about Tommy Shelby! 😆

[@elizabethhopkins7582]

he isn't from a working class family

[@mgariepy42]

He is referring to Shelby in Peaky Blinders, not Cillian Murphy!

[@cmcmu3802]

Brilliant video x Cillian Murphy ☘Unlimited

[@FrameVoyager]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Jk-tp2ll]

this video is about to blow up

[@FrameVoyager]

Hope so!

[@AnotherCameraChannel]

Loving all those CRT TVs in the background! 1:57 Don't they make that high pitched noise when they are on?

[@FrameVoyager]

Thanks! Actually using them for a lot of the stock footage effects as well in the video. But generally because that mic is so close to my face I don't have any issues with the sound. They are pretty quiet.

[@AnotherCameraChannel]

@@FrameVoyager I was thinking those effects with all the small diodes or RGB holes would take a lot of rendering time, but you're doing them in camera with the real TVs? very neat!

[@FrameVoyager]

@@AnotherCameraChannel yeah! Bought like 10 CRT TV's a while back and figured out how to run HDMI to them. I just push out video clips to them, put an fx30 at different angles, and then use OBS to record. Pretty nice workflow actually. Way easier than rendering it

[@Deathstroke4200]

When I seen him in 28 days later I knew he'd be a star. But damn I didn't think it'd take as long as it did.

[@crim-jim6814]

Cillian is one of the best looking 47 year olds.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

One of the best looking men in general.

[@crim-jim6814]

@@Missjunebugfreak Real.

[@criss8836]

The shadeeee 😂

[@FrameVoyager]

We like to throw a little from time to time😉

[@criss8836]

@@FrameVoyager Can't say I disagree with that one in particular 🤣 Great job!

[@ericvob1845]

Oppenheimer got him the Oscar, but his role as Thomas Shelby was the pinnacle of his craft

[@jucxox]

He was in all 3 dark knight movies

[@FrameVoyager]

Right, when we say 2 appearances we are still telling a story from before the dark Knight rises when Nolan asked him to be in the 3rd film.

[@brookegardner9377]

Cillian is the only one who deserves it all. I want him in more films. We don't see him enough, give the people what they want directors!

[@_thecrimsonreaper_4972]

There are characters so unique who I believe wouldn't be the same if acted with another actor an example is Heath as Joker or RDJ as Iron Man and ofc Cillian as Tommy Shelby

[@kokomanation]

I have that the film Sunshine was a very special film to me although it is not very popular it was really philosophical and he was a physicist in that also

[@FrameVoyager]

Absolutely LOVE Sunshine. I think it's slowly starting to get the love it deserves. But it's probably one of my top space movies just on the way it portrays the sun, so cool.

[@kokomanation]

@@FrameVoyager it was a masterpiece in my opinion the Sun symbolises God in the film and Pinbaker was a person that hides elements of misanthropy inside him and found happiness close to the Sun found God so to speak.Murphy was the logical person who hadn’t experienced the negative aspects of humanity as Pinbaker had

[@FrameVoyager]

@@kokomanation For sure! It really is such an underrated film. Actually planning on watching it again here soon. Doing a movie a day challenge for an entire year, so need some films to watch!

[@kokomanation]

@@FrameVoyager The sun is also a Fusion reactor in some sense converting hydrogen into helium and releasing energy in the form of thermal radiation so in a sense the film had some conceptual similarities with Oppenheimer which was a masterpiece by Chris Nolan

[@cameronheron8551]

Cillian more like Cool-ian

[@FrameVoyager]

😎😎😎

[@RayaneIsak]

Should win the OSCAR , hope so ❤

[@FrameVoyager]

Oh for sure, it's such a great performance. Sucks it's in a year filled with other great performances 😅

[@Nexowl]

​@@FrameVoyagerSince it took Leonardo DiCaprio that long to win an Oscar, I don't think the award is necessary to see an actor as good. If Cillian never wins one, he is still one of the best.

[@FrameVoyager]

Oh, I totally agree. These awards don't always go to the right people but it also takes nothing away from what the other actors did. The difference being for them is that they can charge more to be on a film after winning haha

[@LucySmile01]

He's amazing

[@ayushchauhan8350]

Well there is a say that sometimes silence speaks louder than any word spoken...... That is seem to be the case with Cillian Murpy

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Honestly, I was going "Giving him an Oscar" after watching Breakfast on Pluto and Red.Eye.

[@FrameVoyager]

haha it's funny because Cillian Murphy HATES the movie Red Eye. Thinks it's a terrible film 😂

[@katherinealvarez9216]

@@FrameVoyager I did not know that. Is it because people were trying to typecast him as a villain afterwards? Third option? 28 Days Later.

[@FrameVoyager]

@@katherinealvarez9216 I think he just didn't like the movie overall haha

[@dogtrainer4645]

Great video! Throwing a little shade at Bradley Cooper 😅 My fave movie of Cillian's is Oppenheimer.

[@jimmy2k4o]

He’s in all three dark knight movies

[@FrameVoyager]

Right, when we say 2 appearances we are still telling a story from before the dark Knight rises when Nolan asked him to be in the 3rd film

[@Chandler_strickland002]

It’s all lead to this

[@jbudina]

Do you experience some view drops lately? The last video I have seen from you is 3 months back “destroyed cameras in hollywood”, youtube doesnt show me anything since then, even though I am subscribed with the notify bell checked. Just wanted to check on you today and see you have plenty of new videos. What is wrong with KZbin…

[@FrameVoyager]

Oh weird, we've had a lot of other videos haha. A view drops here and there, not exactly sure why.

[@raykarena4595]

Wow similar view on his craft to Daniel Day Lewis

[@nathanchong7731]

Oppenheimer makes him who he is today

[@airviewcinematography]

How can you bring up this unconventional beauty with amazing eyes from Ireland without bringing up Barry Keoghan?

[@FrameVoyager]

Hahaha I would say very different set of skills between the two. Can't say I'd see Cillian Murphy going at it with a grave 🙃

[@airviewcinematography]

@@FrameVoyager I dunno, Scarecrow was pretty unhinged. Lol

[@FrameVoyager]

@@airviewcinematography haha for sure! I think they both are great at having a grounded unhinged aspect to them.

[@pjmmaloney4458]

The pride of Cork and the king of Hollywood. He’s the best.

[@annmcgowan8417]

You missed "Intermission" funded by his friend Colin Farrell from his pay for movie Minority Report.

[@RubenVatle]

02:11 yea hes not gonna fail gloriously is he?

[@FrameVoyager]

😅😅😅 I'd say probably not

[@1940930]

My fav Male Actor at the moment ❤️

[@anshrathod]

cillian who? we call him mr shelby!!!

[@brkaz5864]

Kitten Braden.

[@area51pictures]

To be fair, Mark Ruffalo's performance in Poor Things gives zero fucks about winning awards. Things like nuance and subtlety don't always look the same, dude.

[@FrameVoyager]

Yeah that wasn't a dig at Poor things more at Maestro. Poor thing had some phenomenal performances throughout that I agree had you forgetting mark ruffalo was mark ruffalo. The only thing I meant by the poor things reference is that Oppenheimer is a very reserved performance that doesn't have a lot of over the top acting moments. I'm not saying that to take away from poor things which I thought was some of Emma Stone's best work, but just pointing out how hard it can be to stand out the way cillian did with this kind of performance.

[@bobjones4967]

Enjoyed the video, but definitely wasn't a fan of the crt styled footage. Was very distracting

[@benediktotto6191]

He good actor

[@Quwucuqin]

Thomas Shelby

[@Mav8u2]

Great video. Wonderful choices for visuals. And thank you for using your real voice instead of that stupid AI voice everyone is using.

[@FrameVoyager]

Are people using that for video essays on KZbin now? haha

[@Moneyandcarsandhoes]

Let’s face it, if Dave Bautista has a tattoo of you then you’ve made it

[@lucasmichelis8165]

Dieser Kommentarbereich ist Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@pandakso3365]

Mercurial? More like, Jupiterial

[@peterholmes6679]

Should be bond james bond

[@TheClayKicker_TCK]

👇 Cillian murphy fan club

[@adeliabarnwell8621]

I don't think mercurial means what you think it means.

[@user-pp5ip8ph2p]

Good video until 11:45

[@FrameVoyager]

Haha at least that's at the end for ya 😉

[@henrikeikeland]

bro creamed every time he watched a cillian murphy film

[@FrameVoyager]

He's a handsome man

[@Carrymejane]

Are u gay

[@jewel65]

Mercurial? I don't think so. He's been acting for ages, famous for ages. 😂😂

[@benrualf]

One of those actors that just plays himself in everything

[@lastlightalive]

Uh…what? He’s nothing like Tommy Shelby

[@montycora]

Wow, I guess you haven't watched much of his films, have you?? Otherwise you would know that is not true...

[@DuchessWow]

What is up with all the grainy footage? Annoying

[@FrameVoyager]

A lot of times it's hard to source high-quality video so it has a lot of digital artifacting. We add a film emulation over the top of it to soften it out so it's easier to look at than low res videos.

[@BobbyMarks-ew7tn]

Well done! This was put together beautifully! To me, your best work to date.

[@FrameVoyager]

Appreciate it! Trying to add in some more of these storytelling analysis videos in-between all of our production stuff!