| Cillian’s city life
 HOLLYWOOD
star Cillian Murphy has revealed he will never return to live in Ireland
despite his strong ties to home.
The Wind That Shakes The Barley star who lives in London with his wife
Yvonne and his toddler son Malachy said he is happier living in a big
city. But the Cork actor said his baby son will get a strong sense of
his Irishness from his parents.
He said in an interview in Premiere magazine that he has thought about
his child growing up as an English man.
“I do think about that. It has given me pause. But his values and
everything else come from his parents. He’s going to be a Londoner,
and I’m okay with that, I think. With the Irish Diaspora, it’s
just like everyone is Irish, almost. And it’s just a question of
how much or little you wish to be aware of those roots.”
The actor, whose latest sci-fi film Sunshine is set to be released, said
he has no regrets about leaving home at the age of 19.
He said: “I’m not sentimental about it. I recognise it is
who I am, and I’m from Cork all the way back. It’s been undiluted.
And I love going home and I love Ireland but I’m an actor first
and foremost, and my extraction is secondary.
“I don’t think I will ever live in Ireland. It’s very
pretty and very small. I left when I was 19 and I was happy to be out
of there. You just know everybody. I like living in a world capital, because
I like the anonymity that it offers.”
In his new movie Sunshine he plays a physicist who travels into space
with a crew to set off a bomb inside the sun which is dying.
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