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When he won his Best Actor Oscar for his eponymous role in Oppenheimer in March, Cillian Murphy told millions 'I'm a very proud Irishman standing here tonight,'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Cork born star, 48,  noted her was the first ever Irishman to win the award before cheekily quipping 'unless you count Daniel Day-Lewis, an Irish citizen, who, <br> <br> with all the love and admiration in the world,<br> <br> I don't'.  He finished off his speech by thanking the crowd in Gaelic - <br> <br> saying 'Go raibh mile maith agat,'.<br> <br> <br> <br> But those paying attention to Hollywood won't be shocked that <br> <br> an Irishman got acting's top gong.  Half the Golden Globe nominees for the best actor category were held by Irish actors last year  <br> <br> in the same category were also Irish.<br> <br> <br> <br> That's on top of a record 14 Oscar nominations - <br> <br> including the first ever for an Irish language film.  <br> <br> <br> <br> Dubbed the 'Craic Pack' a new breed of actors appear to be taking over La La Land,<br> <br> all hailing from the Emerald Isle.<br> <br> <br> <br> For a country with just over five million people, the nation certainly punches above its weight in the arts - with the biggest TV shows, books,  and films made by Irish <br> <br> people this year.<br> <br> <br> <br> Among them are hottest stars of the moment, Maynooth-born Paul Mescal, Dubliner Saoirse Ronan, Barry <br> <br> Keoghan - whose star cannot stop rising since his blockbuster role in Saltburn. <br> <br> <br> <br> Speaking to the Independent about Irish actors breaking into <br> <br> Hollywood, CIillian said:  'We have such a strong representation here for such a small country,<br> <br> and it's kind of unique and something we should be very proud of, I suppose.'<br> <br> <br> <br> He added that storytelling and performance is 'part of who <br> <br> we are,' and 'part of our DNA'.<br> <br> <br> <br> Thanks to an increase in arts funding, as well as new tax breaks for filming and <br> <br> many hit TV shows set in Ireland making an impact across the <br> <br> Atlantic - it's really a better time than ever to <br> <br> be Irish in Hollywood.<br> <br> <br> <br> Lisa McGee's Derry Girls - set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland -  became Channel 4's most successful comedy since Father Ted <br> <br> when it debuted in 2018 and was picked up by Netflix internationally. <br> <br> <br> <br> Then followed the hit adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People, e the BBC's most-streamed series of 2020. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Paul Mescal from Maynooth, County Kildare, is the star of the new film, Gladiator II, where he plays Lucius<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Cillian Murphy reacts on stage after he won the Oscar for Best Actor In A <br> <br> Leading Role<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Eve recently put in a stunning display in a satin black dress and fur coat for <br> <br> GQ Men of the Year <br> <br> <br> <br> It was the first major role for Paul Mescal - who is now starring in Hollywood's biggest blockbuster,<br> <br> Gladiator 2. <br> <br> <br> <br> When he starred in A Streetcar Named Desire in the West End last <br> <br> year, Angelina Jolie came over from New York <br> <br> and took him out for a coffee. The Irishman was also pictured sharing <br> <br> a cigarette and a joke after meeting Natalie Portman for dinner.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Clearly hot property in Hollywood, Paul had a long romance <br> <br> with the musician Phoebe Bridgers and is now dating nepo baby singer Gracie Abrams, daughter of J.J.<br> <br> Abrams. He's even been dubbed the 'Pete Davidson for indie girls' thanks to his busy love-life.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Sexiness, is certainly a factor in the explosion of Irish actors on the scene.<br> <br> Paul has a dedicated fan-run Instagram account with more than 160,000 followers.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Meanwhile American comedian Brittany Broski crudely joked that her greatest career goal was 'Irish c***' in a <br> <br> viral clip with nearly three million views. <br> <br> <br> <br> Northern Irish journalist Róisín Lanigan told New York magazine that there's <br> <br> something 'twee and sexy' about being Irish.<br> <br> <br> <br> 'Americans and English people were introduced to a new vision of Ireland:<br> <br> rose-tinted and beautiful,,' the new type of Irish, she adds is 'hot and sad.' <br> <br> <br> <br> Incredibly Mescal, his rising star appears to be accidental.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> At school in Maynooth, near Dublin, he was known as a sporty <br> <br> 'jock' - feted for his skill at Gaelic football.<br> <br> <br> <br> Aged 16, he was compelled to audition for the school musical - it was compulsory for <br> <br> all pupils - and it was that performance, which completely changed the <br> <br> course of his life. <br> <br> <br> <br> In an early interview, he said: 'I was a 16-year-old boy <br> <br> and wanted to be perceived as cool by my friends.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'I know for a fact I probably wouldn't have auditioned because of <br> <br> the masculinity that I'd been prescribed by being on a sports team.<br> <br> But since we all had to audition, I was, like, 'Well,<br> <br> I may as well put my best foot forward'.'<br> <br> <br> <br> Teacher Anne Marie Lawlor recalls spotting the first signs of Mescal's talent: <br> <br> 'I taught him singing in his fourth year of secondary school.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> It was soon afterwards that he auditioned for the school play - a production of Phantom Of <br> <br> The Opera. His history teacher Sinead O'Carroll, who was also involved in the play, was blown away.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> When Paul Mescal was cast as Connell in Normal People - which was broadcast in 2020, during the pandemic,<br> <br> everything changed. Here he is pictured in the series with Daisy <br> <br> Edgar-Jones as Marianne<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> When Mescal met with Ridley Scott on Zoom to discuss Gladiator II.<br> <br> The two of them talked about the film for 15 minutes and about Gaelic football for <br> <br> ten<br> <br> <br> <br> She said: 'He was a natural from day one. It was 2012, the production was The Phantom Of The Opera and <br> <br> he was the Phantom. He needed no instruction, no coaching, he <br> <br> just turned up and assumed the role. He became the Phantom.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'He was so, well, professional really. I'd never seen this from a pupil before.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Even when it came to the love scenes, he didn't laugh or giggle the way <br> <br> most young lads would. He just took it in his stride like it was the most natural thing in the world.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Read More<br> <br> <br> <br> Gladiator II review: Sequel falls short of its masterpiece predecessor <br> <br> but is still heaps of fun<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Up until that point he'd been known throughout the school for <br> <br> his sporting prowess. But after Phantom, he started thinking <br> <br> about acting seriously, that he could make a career of it.' <br> <br> <br> <br> As Mescal has since recalled of stepping onto the stage: 'I've never <br> <br> felt an adrenaline rush like it.'<br> <br> <br> <br> He considered joining the Army as a teen but, discussing it with a careers guidance counsellor, was asked if he wouldn't rather go <br> <br> to drama school and pursue his burgeoning <br> <br> passion for acting instead.<br> <br> <br> <br> 'I think had I lived in London or LA or New <br> <br> York, there would have been a clearer kind of understanding that you can go down this road <br> <br> for your job.<br> <br> <br> <br> 'It took me a second to come to that conclusion living in Maynooth,' he said.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Mescal, one of three children born to retired Garda [police] officer Dearbhla and <br> <br> retired teacher Paul, went on to study drama at the Lir Academy.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Scott saw in Mescal the charisma of his original Gladiator, Russell Crowe, and a hint of Irish hellraiser Richard Harris, who played Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the original film.<br> <br> 'He was a special find ... absolutely perfect,' the director told Vanity Fair<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Paul Mescal attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Gladiator <br> <br> II dressed in a smart suit<br> <br> <br> <br> His father was always involved in amateur dramatics and singing, and his sister Nell is a successful singer. <br> <br> <br> <br> But Paul has not forgotten his roots, as he was back in Dublin for the premiere of Gladiator <br> <br> where he paid homage to the Emerald Isles.<br> <br> <br> <br> Speaking to RTÉ, said he was 'always blown away by Irish fans who <br> <br> come and stand and wait to meet us.'<br> <br> <br> <br> He added: 'Myself and the other Irish in London talk about it all the time - the welcome we <br> <br> get.'<br> <br> <br> <br> In February 2023, Paul was praised for raising awareness of <br> <br> the Irish Gaelic language on the Baftas red carpet.<br> <br> <br> <br> This overjoyed lovers of Paul said that he had made them 'proud' to bring diversity to the star-studded event.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Normal People, based on Sally Rooney's novel about teenage lovers, <br> <br> won him a TV Bafta for best actor and became the BBC's most-streamed series of 2020<br> <br> <br> <br> Paul isn't the only Irish ambassador wowing on the small screen.<br> <br> <br> <br> Eve Hewson,  the daughter of  Bono and activist Ali Hewson hails from Dublin and shot to fame starring in Bad Sisters alongside an all Irish <br> <br> cast.<br> <br> <br> <br> Written by Sharon Horgan, set in Dublin and filmed throughout Irelend, <br> <br> the black comedy (based on Belgian series), wowed critics getting at <br> <br> rare 100 per cent score on Rotten Tomoatoes.<br> <br> <br> <br>  It picked up BAFTAs, a Peabody Award and got four-Emmy nominations. <br> <br> <br> <br> She then went on to star in The Perfect Couple alongside Nicole Kidman and Dakota Fanning.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> And although she now splits her time between London and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, she said there is nowhere quite like Ireland. <br> <br> <br> <br> In an interview with the Irish Times, Eve said she spent most of the pandemic at home with her family in Dublin enjoying, 'a sort of love <br> <br> affair with Ireland,' and added: 'It's been special'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Eve said she had missed Ireland, adding: 'The people.<br> <br> The craic. The sesh.' The sesh is pretty minimal at the moment, <br> <br> I say. 'It is. But I can get on the sesh with my brothers, we're in the same household.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The actress also said: 'I'm really lucky I didn't grow up in London. I'm really <br> <br> lucky I didn't grow up in LA. Being in Ireland and just how Irish people don't care about <br> <br> fame, it's not our currency at all … I think that really helped.'<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Eve Hewson as Amelia Sacks, Billy Howle as Benji Winbury pictured <br> <br> in The Perfect Couple<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson and <br> <br> Sharon Horgan in 'Bad Sisters<br> <br> <br> <br> Going beyond the silver screen to represent the Emerald Isle is Saoirse Ronan, <br> <br> 30, with four Oscar nominations to her name.<br> <br> <br> <br> She was recently cast in Steve McQueen's film, Blitz, which is about a group of Londoners during <br> <br> World War II and was recently commended for her performance as she 'pulled on viewers' <br> <br> heartstrings'.<br> <br> <br> <br> Saoirse - who plays Rita - is even tipped to be in the <br> <br> running for best supporting actress Oscar, but getting the <br> <br> part was not that simple.<br> <br> <br> <br> She met with Oscar-award-winning director McQueen but <br> <br> she only got the role of Rita once she had singing lessons and vocal <br> <br> coaching.<br> <br> <br> <br> When speaking to Vogue six years ago, she said <br> <br> that she tries to visit home as much as possible and says she misses 'the craic' the most.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Saoirse - who said she can speak Irish Gaelic 'pretty well' - has rubbed shoulders with not <br> <br> only the biggest actors and actresses, but also Grammy-award-winning <br> <br> singers.<br> <br> <br> <br> Perhaps the biggest Irish breakout star of 2024 is Barry <br> <br> Keoghan has risen through the ranks to become plastered all <br> <br> over our Instagram feeds after his performance as Oliver in Saltburn last November.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> He's even set to play Ringo Starr in an upcoming Beatles biopic.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The news was shared by the legendary drummer himself <br> <br> who confirmed that Barry would be playing him on-screen in a film about the Beatles from his perspective.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Speaking about the project with Entertainment Tonight, Ringo said: 'I think it's great.<br> <br> I believe he's somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many.'<br> <br> <br> <br> Barry has soared to stardom in recent years thanks to The <br> <br> Banshees of Inisherin but this may prove his most ambitious part yet.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Saoirse Ronan was recently cast in Steve McQueen's film, Blitz, which is about a group of Londoners during World War II<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Saoirse Ronan poses for the Governors Awards at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood <br> <br> <br> <br>  While many may see him as a relatively 'new star', Barry has <br> <br> been pursuing his Hollywood dreams since he was 16 years old.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> He grew up in Summerhill, Dublin with a very unsettled start to life due to his father's absence and his <br> <br> mother's addiction to heroin.<br> <br> <br> <br> He and his brother Eric went into foster care aged five and moved about 12 times when he was growing up.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> When he was 12, Barry's mother died of an overdose and <br> <br> he went to live with his grandmother. But he said that this <br> <br> gave him the drive to succeed in one of the toughest industries to crack - <br> <br> Hollywood.<br> <br> <br> <br> Speaking to Esquire , he said: 'You know what,<br> <br> I'm proud of it. I'm not going to say what happened was <br> <br> the right thing, but it's certainly given me a lot of ammunition.'<br> <br> <br> <br> Barry said that acting is a form of escapism for him, as he felt like the job allowed <br> <br> him to express himself.<br> <br> <br> <br> He added: 'I realised this is a job that allows me <br> <br> to express some sort of form that wasn't me, do you get what I'm saying?<br> <br> It's like subconscious therapy.'<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> In recent years, Barry Keoghan has risen through the <br> <br> ranks to become plastered all over our Instagram feeds after his performance as <br> <br> Oliver in Saltburn last November<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> It was announced on Thursday that Barry would play music legend Ringo Starr in an upcoming Beatles biopic.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Barry spoke about his connection to other Irish stars in the industry <br> <br> and admitted that Andrew Scott, Cillian Murphy and Paul <br> <br> Mescal are 'killing it' and representing the country.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> He also joked that it would be good to get all of the Irish actors who have hit Hollywood <br> <br> in one big film.<br> <br> <br> <br> He told the outlet: 'It'd be like, 'Who's the most Irish?' We'd be all really putting it on. All the accents, oh, God.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'You wouldn't understand us because when we all get <br> <br> together, we become more Irish, and no one understands anything that's being said.'<br> <br> <br> <br>  Hollywood heavyweight and stalwart for representing <br> <br> the Irish abroad, Colin Farrell, the Irish punch 'well above their weight'. <br> <br> <br> <br> 'We're only a country of 5 million people and I don't know, Irish <br> <br> people — just whether it's through music, the written word, whether it's prose poetry,<br> <br> film, theater of course, we just — we have a deep connection to,' he told Entertainment Tonight. <br> <br> <br> <br> He added the Irish feel 'the importance of story' <br> <br> and for 'leaning into stories and meanings'.<br> <br> <br> <br> My web blog ... พวงหรีด วัดหลักสี่ - https://www.Google.co.bw/url?q=https://bikeindex.org/users/weederlute1
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