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Cillian Murphy Reveals His Surprising Secret to Portraying a Dark Character Like ‘Oppenheimer’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Killian Murphy had one of the most celebrated performances of
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three with his Golden Globe winning turn in Oppenheimer,
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  Speaker 2: which was also one of the darkest roles seen in
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  Speaker 2: any major film. But in order to pull off such
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  Speaker 2: an emotionally demanding performance, Killian needed the opposite from his
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  Speaker 2: co star Emily Blunt. He tells the La Times she's
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  Speaker 2: one of the funniest people. And I have a rule
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  Speaker 2: that I can't work unless there's a lightness around the set.
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  Speaker 2: There has to be some levity. Many films I do
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  Speaker 2: are quite heavy. To go to some dark, challenging place,
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  Speaker 2: you have to be relaxed. So I don't walk around
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  Speaker 2: in a state of angst. I need to feel at ease.
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  Speaker 2: I can't be in that dark place all the time.
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  Speaker 2: I don't have the stamina for it. Oppenheimer just also
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  Speaker 2: won the Golden Globe for Best Movie Dramas.
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  Speaker 1: On VOD that's direct from Hollywood,