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Irish star Cillian Murphy has been nominated for his exceptional work on screen, especially for roles in big projects like Oppenheimer, Peaky Blinders, Red Eye, Batman Begins, and Inception, among others. Recently, Murphy won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer.
Although his performance captivated audiences worldwide, another noticeable thing that caught his attention was his staggering salary for playing the lead character in the movie.
Murphy was paid a whopping $10 million for Oppenheimer, however, the actor once revealed that he feels he was overpaid. Although Murphy isn’t among the highest-paid actors in the industry, he still believed that he didn’t deserve this much amount. In a throwback interview with The Guardian, the 28 Days Later actor admitted, “I’m just a f*cking actor. There are doctors and nurses and f*cking people that work. I struggle with that. I mean, actors are overpaid, you know? It’s nice when you get paid, when you’re young, and you’ve gone from having no money, but the Catholic guilt kicks in immediately, and I’m like ‘It’s all going to go wrong. You don’t deserve this’. And I don’t.”
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