Cillian Murphy Is Flattered Everyone Thought He Would Play an Emaciated Zombie in '28 Years Later'

Cillian Murphy Is Flattered Everyone Thought He Would Play an Emaciated Zombie in '28 Years Later'

Murphy will instead return as Jim in the upcoming '28 Days Later: The Bone Temple.'

Cillian Murphy's Son Made Sure the Chronically Offline Actor Knew People Thought He Was the Emaciated Infected in the 28 Years Later Trailer: 'That's Great People Think I Look Like a Zombie Cadaver'

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Cillian Murphy Teases 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE Role And Responds To "Emaciated Infected" Speculation

Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy has responded to the "flattering" speculation that he was 28 Years Later's emaciated infected, and teases his brief role in Nia DaCosta's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

Cillian Murphy Is Flattered Everyone Thought He Would Play an Emaciated Zombie in ’28 Years Later’

As soon as the teaser trailer for 28 Years Later dropped, pretty much everyone and their mom assumed the skinny zombie seen struggling through flowers looked uncannily like Cillian Murphy’s Jim, the franchise’s original main character from director Danny Boyle and Alex Garland‘s 2002 28 Days Later. The internet sleuths swiftly discovered the likeness was pure serendipity, but the Oscar-winning actor now says he was touched that fans had assumed …

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Official Trailer Shows What’s Next

This post 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Official Trailer Shows What’s Next first appeared on TheGWW.com and was written by Phil Sadsad. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is the third film in the planned trilogy, set after the second one. It follows Spike as he finds himself caught between the infected and a dangerous cult. There is more violence, strange visuals, and new people in the trailer. Fans should anticipate significant changes with Cill…

Cillian Murphy finally reacts to everyone thinking he was the zombie in 28 Years Later trailer: "That's great people think I look like a zombie cadaver"

The actor, who is chronically offline, said it was his son who made sure he saw the undead character who people were comparing to him.