Why Cillian Murphy Hates Doing Interviews

Cillian Murphy just admitted he really hates doing movie interviews and has a pretty good argument for why they might not be necessary anymore. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Oppenheimer is undoubtedly one of the strongest contenders for Best
Picture at the upcoming Academy Awards, which means it stars
and creatives. I've been doing an awful lot of press
promoting it left and right, and Oppenheimer himself. Killian Murphy
thinks it's time to rethink how effective the process is.
Telling GQ, I think it's a broken model. Everybody's so bored.
Killian also points out that the actors strike last year
prevented him from doing press before Oppenheimer was released, and

(00:24):
it's still when undergrows one billion dollars. He also points
out his show Peaky Blinders also became a hit with
almost no promotional budget simply through word of mouth. Killian
ads people always say he has reservations or he's a
difficult Interviewee, not really.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
I love talking about work about art.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
When I struggle with find unnecessary and totally unrelated to
what I do is to get asked tell me about yourself.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Oppenheimer's on Peacock Oh

Speaker 1 (00:47):
That's direct from Hollywood.