Editing Cillian Murphy (section)

==Public image==
Reserved and private, Murphy professes a lack of interest in the celebrity scene, finding the red carpet experience "a challenge" that he does not "want to overcome".<ref name="Hot Press">{{cite news|author=Brady, Tara|url=http://www.hotpress.com/features/interviews/2918769.html|title=Here Comes the Sun|newspaper=Hot Press|date=19 April 2007|access-date=18 July 2007|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002033/http://www.hotpress.com/features/interviews/2918769.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He intentionally practises a lifestyle that will not interest the [[Tabloid journalism|tabloids]], stating, "I haven't created any controversy, I don't sleep around, I don't go and fall down drunk".<ref name="Sun Times 2004" /> He prefers not to speak about his life outside of acting and did not appear on any television talk shows until 2010, when he was a guest on Ireland's ''[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)|Late Late Show]]'' to promote ''[[Perrier's Bounty]]'', though he still remained reserved.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eyre|first=Hermione|title=Cillian Murphy is shaking up theatre this spring|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/cillian-murphy-is-shaking-up-theatre-this-spring-7643078.html|access-date=11 March 2014|newspaper=Evening Standard|date=13 April 2012|archive-date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311125842/http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/cillian-murphy-is-shaking-up-theatre-this-spring-7643078.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20100319.html|title=Late Late Show: Friday, 19 March 2010|website=[[RTÉ.ie]]|access-date=26 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028052808/http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20100319.html|archive-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> Murphy's introverted nature and lack of interest in social media has prompted several fans to create [[memes]] on his detached demeanour in press interviews and junkets.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Guy |title=Cillian Murphy's strange journey from jazz crooner to 'the greatest actor of his generation' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/cillian-murphy-oppenheimer-oscars-baftas-best-actor/ |website=The Telegraph |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524045207/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/cillian-murphy-oppenheimer-oscars-baftas-best-actor/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Brittany |title=Here's Why Introverts Have Made Cillian Murphy Their Patron Meme Saint |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/why-introverts-made-cillian-murphy-094525265.html? |website=Yahoo News|date=12 March 2024 }}</ref> In 2017, upon being asked his opinion on the "Disappointed Cillian Murphy" meme, he answered, "What's a meme?".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arthur |first1=Kate |title=When Barbie Meets Oppenheimer: Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy Discuss Their Blockbuster Hits in Epic 'Barbenheimer' Conversation |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/features/cillian-murphy-margot-robbie-barbenheimer-memes-box-office-success-1235820469/ |website=Variety |date=5 December 2023 |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=1 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701003136/https://variety.com/2023/film/features/cillian-murphy-margot-robbie-barbenheimer-memes-box-office-success-1235820469/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ford |first1=Lucy |title=Cillian Murphy wants to nuke the internet |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/cillian-murphy-meme-oppenheimer-press |website=GQ |date=13 July 2023 |access-date=24 May 2024 |archive-date=23 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523161126/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/cillian-murphy-meme-oppenheimer-press |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2015, Murphy was named one of ''[[GQ]]''{{'}}s 50 best-dressed men,<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Robert |last=Johnson |title=50 Best Dressed Men |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/best-dressed-men-2015 |magazine=[[GQ]] |date=5 January 2015 |access-date=7 February 2015 |archive-date=24 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624002438/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/best-dressed-men-2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2024, he was announced as the new face of Italian luxury fashion company [[Versace]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cartter |first=Eileen |date=13 March 2024 |title=Cillian Murphy Is the New Face of Versace |url=https://www.gq.com/story/cillian-murphy-versace-brand-ambassador-announcement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313143448/https://www.gq.com/story/cillian-murphy-versace-brand-ambassador-announcement |archive-date=13 March 2024 |access-date=13 March 2024 |website=[[GQ]] |language=en-US}}</ref> He is also known to be an unconventional [[sex symbol]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Cillian Murphy 'feels sad' that he can't be like Tommy Shelby when fans meet him |url=https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/cillian-murphy-sad-tommy-shelby-fans-860643-20230511 |access-date=18 February 2025 |website=LADbible |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQTLDjgyCgU |title=CILLIAN ARE YOU A SEX SYMBOL? |date=31 May 2022 |last=prada backpack |access-date=18 February 2025 |via=YouTube}}</ref>