Cillian Murphy’s dad says family hosted an Oscars party in Ballintemple — with more cake
Cillian Murphy poses with his Oscar. Picture: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
Cillian Murphy’s father says the family marked Sunday night’s Oscar win the same way they celebrated his initial nomination — with Mary Murphy's homemade cake.
Breandán Ó Murchú spoke as Gaeilge to Saol ó Dheas on RTÉ’s Raidió na Gaeltachta on Tuesday and said the family went “beagáinín as ár meabhair” - 'a little crazy' - when Cillian won. He said he enjoyed his son's acceptance speech.
“Cillian spoke well and I particularly liked what he said at the end of his speech,” he said, referring to the moment Cillian dedicated the award to peacemakers everywhere.
He added he was touched when his son named his parents in his speech, which they watched from their own Oscars party in Ballintemple.
“We were very happy about that. When he mentioned my name, it was like the reading of the rolls at school and I was going to say ‘anseo’.
Breandán Ó Murchú linn ar an gclár anois ag cur síos ar ghaisce a mhic, Cillian, agus gradam Oscar buaite i rith an deire seachtaine aige. pic.twitter.com/1QW6U320rQ
— Saol ó Dheas RnaG (@saolodheas) March 12, 2024
“We had a cake too, it was great to have it at home and we had more than cake,” he said. The Murphys had also marked Cillian's nomination in January with a sponge cake, the actor told US publication Variety
“I like that the cake was mentioned as my wife has a very big role in our family, and not only for baking cakes, I really like that her name was mentioned.”
Cillian told the Oscars ceremony he was "a very proud Irish man" and reaffirmed the sentiment to press backstage.
“I’m very overwhelmed, very humbled. I’m very grateful and very proud to be Irish standing here today,” Cillian said, adding how significant it was to him that he is the first Irish-born actor to win an Oscar.
“It’s really, really meaningful to me and I don't know if I said this in my speech because I can't remember what I said, but I do want to say that I think in Ireland, we're really great at supporting artists.”
Cillian is unlikely to return to Cork immediately, his father said, noting a holiday as well as the Leaving Cert for his oldest son. “They’ll have to look after him for that,” Breandán said.
Breandán said he believes Cillian will continue to make movies that interest him, and not be swayed by larger paychecks for blockbusters.
“I don’t hear him talking about blockbusters, I don’t think he has too much interest in them unless they had some other quality,” said Brendan.
“Maybe he might make a big enough movie so he could produce smaller scale movies as well.”
- Translated quotes via EchoLive.ie
