Cillian Murphy had his eyes on the Free Fire target

Cillian Murphy may be in the midst of the busiest period of his career, but he was still willing to approach one of his favourite directors to ask for a part in Free Fire, writes Esther McCarthy.

He may be one of the most in-demand actors of his generation, but that doesn’t stop Cillian Murphy from pursuing the occasional collaborator whose movies he admires.

He did it as a young star with Neil Jordan, convincing the director he was the one to play a colourful trans woman named Kitten in Breakfast on Pluto.