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Cillian Murphy: James Joyce once said that mistakes are portals of discovery. For Cillian Murphy, that could not be more true.(Interview)

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From: Interview
Date: 20051201
Author:Farrell, Colin

He may have literally revealed every inch of himself in his breakthrough movie, 28 Days Later (2002), yet Cillian Murphy has managed to maintain a relatively private life behind the cameras. A former law student who quit school the day after seeing a play, the 29-year-old Irishman has been quietly eking out an impressive body of work onscreen, buoyed by a casual charm that alternates between slithery-sinister (Red Eye, Batman Begins) and wide-eyed earnest (Intermission, 2003). Now, with his performance in Nell Jordan's captivating new film, Breakfast on Pluto, in which he plays ...

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