Get ready to meet the McCartneys in Sam Mendes‘ forthcoming multi-film Beatles biopic. In April, the Fab Four cast was announced for the project, which dedicates an entire film to each member of the band. Paul Mescal landed the role of Paul McCartney. Now, Deadline reports that Saoirse Ronan will …
Read More »'Blitz' Revisits a WWII Britain Under Fire — and at War With Itself
London’s burning, quite literally, in Steve McQueen‘s Blitz — you have not had a second to catch your breath before this WWII movie opens en media catastrophe and the sound of an inferno is filling your ears. It’s September, 1940, and bombs are dropping on Blighty with alarming regularity. Firefighters …
Read More »Saoirse Ronan on 'Wild' Reaction to Viral Comment About Women's Safety
Saoirse Ronan said she was surprised by the response to her viral comment about violence against women on The Graham Norton Show, but glad it seemed to be “opening a conversation again.” In a new interview on the Ryan Tubridy Show on Virgin Radio UK, Ronan called the reaction “wild,” …
Read More »'The Outrun': Saoirse Ronan Hits Rock Bottom, Then Rises Up
Every movie alcoholic lets you ride shotgun with them to their rock bottom, and the low point that Saoirse Ronan‘s character — her name is Rona — hits headfirst in The Outrun is a high-impact one. When we first meet her, she’s being thrown out of a pub in London, …
Read More »Steve McQueen's 'Blitz' Trailer: Panic and Partying in London Under Siege
In the first trailer for Blitz, director Steve McQueen’s latest historical drama, Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan play a mother and nine-year-old son racing to find each other as Nazi Germany bombards London. The clip shows Heffernan as a young boy named George, seemingly finding an ally …
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