Cillian Murphy has spoken out about the media’s reaction to his nude scenes in hit BBC Two series Peaky Blinders. The Cork native made headlines when he bared his bottom during series three of the gangster drama.
Cillian, who plays Tommy Shelby on the show, was frustrated with how much attention he received for the scene, calling it “a dumbing down of journalism.”
Speaking to The Guardian the actor said, “I was very uncomfortable with this. The reductive nature nowadays of most journalism is very frustrating.
“It is getting absurd with the dumbing down, the level of questions you get asked. Seriously, though, if someone asks a stupid question, you can only give a stupid answer or appear arrogant.
However, despite his dislike for the media’s response, 40-year-old Cillian is learning to handle it better now than he used to.
“But all of this stuff I tolerate a lot better now. Patience is something that as a young man I didn’t have – when waiting for parts to arrive or waiting for people to behave as I wanted them to,” he said.
