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When he won his Best Actor Oscar for his eponymous role in Oppenheimer <br> <br> in March, Cillian Murphy told millions 'I'm a very proud Irishman standing here tonight,'.<br> <br> <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 <br> <br> 'unless you count Daniel Day-Lewis, an Irish citizen, who, with all <br> <br> the love and admiration in the world, I don't'.  He <br> <br> 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 an Irishman got acting's top gong.  Half the Golden Globe nominees for the best actor <br> <br> category were held by Irish actors last year  in the same category were also Irish.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> That's on top of a record 14 Oscar nominations - 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, all hailing from the <br> <br> Emerald Isle.<br> <br> <br> <br> For a country with just over five million people,<br> <br> the nation certainly punches above its weight in the arts - with the <br> <br> biggest TV shows, books,  and films made by Irish people this year.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Among them are hottest stars of the moment, Maynooth-born Paul <br> <br> Mescal, Dubliner Saoirse Ronan, Barry Keoghan - whose star cannot stop rising since his <br> <br> blockbuster role in Saltburn. <br> <br> <br> <br> Speaking to the Independent about Irish actors breaking into Hollywood,<br> <br> CIillian said:  'We have such a strong representation here for such a small country, and it's kind of unique and something we should be very proud <br> <br> of, I suppose.'<br> <br> <br> <br> He added that storytelling and performance is 'part of who we are,' and 'part of our DNA'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Thanks to an increase in arts funding, as well as new tax breaks for <br> <br> filming and many hit TV shows set in Ireland making an impact <br> <br> across the Atlantic - it's really a better time than ever to be Irish in Hollywood.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Lisa McGee's Derry Girls - set during the Troubles in Northern Ireland -  <br> <br> became Channel 4's most successful comedy since <br> <br> Father Ted 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 <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> for Best Actor In A 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 <br> <br> fur coat for GQ Men of the Year <br> <br> <br> <br> It was the first major role for Paul Mescal - who is now <br> <br> starring in Hollywood's biggest blockbuster, Gladiator 2. <br> <br> <br> <br> When he starred in A Streetcar Named Desire in the West End last year, Angelina Jolie came over from <br> <br> New York and took him out for a coffee. The Irishman was also pictured sharing 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 <br> <br> romance 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 <br> <br> love-life.<br> <br> <br> <br> Sexiness, is certainly a factor in the explosion of Irish actors <br> <br> on the scene. Paul has a dedicated fan-run Instagram account <br> <br> with more than 160,000 followers.<br> <br> <br> <br> Meanwhile American comedian Brittany Broski crudely joked that <br> <br> her greatest career goal was 'Irish c***' in a viral clip with nearly three million views. <br> <br> <br> <br> Northern Irish journalist Róisín Lanigan told New York <br> <br> magazine that there's something 'twee and sexy' about being Irish.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Americans and English people were introduced to a new vision of Ireland: rose-tinted and beautiful,,' the new type of Irish,<br> <br> 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 'jock' - feted for <br> <br> his skill at Gaelic football.<br> <br> <br> <br> Aged 16, he was compelled to audition for the school musical - it was compulsory for all pupils - <br> <br> 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 and wanted to be perceived as cool by my friends.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'I know for a fact I probably wouldn't have auditioned because of 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,<br> <br> 'Well, I may as well put my best foot forward'.'<br> <br> <br> <br> Teacher Anne Marie Lawlor recalls spotting the first signs <br> <br> of Mescal's talent: '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 The Opera.<br> <br> 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> When Paul Mescal was cast as Connell in Normal People - which was <br> <br> broadcast in 2020, during the pandemic, everything <br> <br> changed. Here he is pictured in the series with Daisy Edgar-Jones <br> <br> 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 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 he was the Phantom.<br> <br> He needed no instruction, no coaching, he just turned up and assumed the role.<br> <br> He became the Phantom.<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 <br> <br> the way most young lads would. He just took it in his stride like it was the most <br> <br> natural thing in the world.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Read More<br> <br> <br> <br> Gladiator II review: Sequel falls short of its masterpiece predecessor but is still heaps of fun<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Up until that point he'd been known throughout the school for his sporting prowess.<br> <br> But after Phantom, he started thinking 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: <br> <br> 'I've never felt an adrenaline rush like it.'<br> <br> <br> <br> He considered joining the Army as a teen but, discussing <br> <br> it with a careers guidance counsellor, was asked <br> <br> if he wouldn't rather go to drama school and pursue his burgeoning passion for acting instead.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'I think had I lived in London or LA or New York, there would have been a clearer kind <br> <br> of understanding that you can go down this road for your job.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'It took me a second to come to that conclusion living in Maynooth,' he <br> <br> said.<br> <br> <br> <br> Mescal, one of three children born to retired Garda [police] officer Dearbhla and retired <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> Crowe, and a hint of Irish hellraiser Richard Harris, who <br> <br> 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 II dressed <br> <br> in a smart suit<br> <br> <br> <br> His father was always involved in amateur dramatics and <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> premiere of Gladiator where he paid homage to the Emerald Isles.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Speaking to RTÉ, said he was 'always blown away by Irish fans who come <br> <br> 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 get.'<br> <br> <br> <br> In February 2023, Paul was praised for raising awareness of the Irish Gaelic language on the Baftas <br> <br> red carpet.<br> <br> <br> <br> This overjoyed lovers of Paul said that he had made <br> <br> them 'proud' to bring diversity to the star-studded event.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Normal People, based on Sally Rooney's novel about teenage lovers, won him a TV Bafta for best actor and <br> <br> became the BBC's most-streamed series of 2020<br> <br> <br> <br> Paul isn't the only Irish ambassador wowing on the <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> an all Irish 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),<br> <br> wowed critics getting at rare 100 per cent score on Rotten Tomoatoes.<br> <br> <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 <br> <br> Williamsburg, Brooklyn, she said there is nowhere <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> family in Dublin enjoying, 'a sort of love affair with Ireland,' <br> <br> and added: 'It's been special'.<br> <br> <br> <br> Eve said she had missed Ireland, adding: 'The people. The craic.<br> <br> The sesh.' The sesh is pretty minimal at the moment, I say.<br> <br> 'It is. But I can get on the sesh with my brothers,<br> <br> we're in the same household.<br> <br> <br> <br> The actress also said: 'I'm really lucky I didn't grow up in London. <br> <br> I'm really lucky I didn't grow up in LA. Being in Ireland and just how Irish people don't <br> <br> care about 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 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 Sharon Horgan in 'Bad Sisters<br> <br> <br> <br> Going beyond the silver screen to represent the <br> <br> Emerald Isle is Saoirse Ronan, 30, with four Oscar nominations to her name.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> She was recently cast in Steve McQueen's film, Blitz, which is about a group of Londoners during World War II and was recently commended <br> <br> for her performance as she 'pulled on viewers' heartstrings'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Saoirse - who plays Rita - is even tipped to <br> <br> be in the running for best supporting actress Oscar, but <br> <br> getting the 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 coaching.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> When speaking to Vogue six years ago, she said that she tries to visit home as much <br> <br> 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 singers.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Perhaps the biggest Irish breakout star of 2024 is Barry Keoghan has risen through the ranks to become plastered all 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> The news was shared by the legendary drummer himself <br> <br> who confirmed that Barry would be playing him on-screen in a film <br> <br> about the Beatles from his perspective.<br> <br> <br> <br> Speaking about the project with Entertainment Tonight, <br> <br> Ringo said: 'I think it's great. I believe he's somewhere taking drum lessons, and I <br> <br> hope not too many.'<br> <br> <br> <br> Barry has soared to stardom in recent years thanks to The 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, <br> <br> Blitz, which is about a group of Londoners during <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> absence and his mother's addiction to heroin.<br> <br> <br> <br> He and his brother Eric went into foster care aged five and moved <br> <br> about 12 times when he was growing up.<br> <br> <br> <br> When he was 12, Barry's mother died of an overdose and he went to live with his grandmother.<br> <br> But he said that this gave him the drive to succeed in one of the toughest <br> <br> industries to crack - Hollywood.<br> <br> <br> <br> Speaking to Esquire , he said: 'You know what, I'm <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> felt like the job allowed him to express himself.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> He added: 'I realised this is a job that allows me to express some <br> <br> 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 ranks <br> <br> to become plastered all over our Instagram feeds after his performance as 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 and admitted that Andrew Scott, <br> <br> Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal are 'killing it' and representing the country.<br> <br> <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 in one big film.<br> <br> <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. <br> <br> All the accents, oh, God.<br> <br> <br> <br> 'You wouldn't understand us because when we all get together,<br> <br> we become more Irish, and no one understands anything that's <br> <br> being said.'<br> <br> <br> <br>  Hollywood heavyweight and stalwart for representing 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 people — <br> <br> just whether it's through music, the written word,<br> <br> whether it's prose poetry, film, theater of course, we just <br> <br> — we have a deep connection to,' he told Entertainment Tonight. <br> <br> <br> <br> He added the Irish feel 'the importance of story' and for 'leaning into stories and meanings'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> my web-site :: พวงหรีด วัดหลักสี่ <br> <br> - https://www.Google.co.bw/url?q=https://bikeindex.org/users/weederlute1
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