Today everyone is talking about him: does this actor break eggs?

Recent Oscar winner for his performance in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Ireland’s Cillian Murphy is absolutely essential in the Seventh Art world today. While the actor is in the sky, we invite you to take a big leap to discover his first appearance in a feature film. This was in 1998, with a very small role in the credits of The Tale of Sweety Barrett.

In Sweetie Barrett’s Tale, a crime drama about a big-hearted drifter who falls in love with a young mother whose husband is about to be released from prison, Cillian Murphy appears for only a few seconds. The Irishman, who has been mentioned as one of cinema’s greatest heroes, plays a bartender named Pat.

In In an interview with Variety earlier this monthCillian Murphy returns to this first experience with his countryman Brendan Gleeson, who plays the lead role. The Tale of Sweet Barrett. “I remember I had to pour a pint of Guinness on this film. My hand was shaking”– says the actor with a smile.

“But Brendan was so good. I was just a kid, but he spent time with me and talked to me.”continues Murphy. “I think it shows what kind of person he is. I’ve worked with him five or six times now and he’s one of my heroes, the kindest, gentlest person I know and an absolute legend.”

very young Cillian Murphy One who pours beer Brendan Gleeson (hence the handshake), it can be discovered below.

then The Tale of Sweet BarrettAlso co-starring Andy Serkis and Andrew Scott, Cillian Murphy reveals himself in The Trench alongside Daniel Craig, but it’s primarily the zombie film 28 Days Later in which he finds himself. Brendan Gleeson, which will bring him international fame. What follows is a journey with the greatest that a few days ago led to Oscar…

Trailer for “Oppenheimer,” which won Cillian Murphy an Oscar for Best Actor: