Good Morning, Cillian

Even though I had some mixed feelings on Oppenheimer -- specifically its third act and Robert Downey Jr.'s ham-tastic performance -- I liked it far more than I have any Chris Nolan movie in a long time and I'm not feeling as terrible about the possibility (probability) of it winning a bunch of Oscars as I would''ve been had it continued my usual "uggggh" towards Nolan. I don't know what exact percentage of that you can chalk up to Cillian Murphy getting the lead and him being per usual great, but it's not a small one, and so I've very much been feeling the Cillian lately. Especially after a recent 28 Days Later re-watch...

I'm re-watching 28 DAYS LATER for the first time in a very long time and I was saying something to my bf when Cillian Murphy's shaved face was revealed and I one hundred percent lost every single thought I had in my head pic.twitter.com/JMFhU60P17

— Jason Adams (@JAMNPP) January 13, 2024

Anyway he's looking absolutely stunning in these photos for GQ UK, which he's covering this month -- you can read the interview right here. With me, since I haven't read it yet. I do hope he wins the Oscar because 1) he's excellent, he's always excellent, and he's earned it, 2) Paul Giamatti is also generally deserving of a career Oscar but I really do not like The Holdovers and I don't particularly like Giamatti's performance in it, and 3) anybody but Bradley Cooper. Please. If Colman Domingo had a chance I'd be happy about that but Rustin is too mediocre a movie. And Jeffrey Wright -- same feelings as Giamatti. Great actor giving a mediocre performance in a movie I don't like. I'm putting it all on Cillian then! And speaking of wanting to put something on Cillian, these photos got me feeling that way. Hit the jump for the whole shoot...