Emily Blunt explains why Cillian Murphy is the ‘worst celebrity in the world’

The actress has heaped a ton of praise onto her Oppenheimer co-star

It’s often said that a person can get a ‘taste’ for fame.

This generally means that they start loving all the attention and praise that gets heaped onto them. But not all celebrities are this way, and many want to keep things lowkey.

Some people are good at being famous (Pixabay)

While being interviewed by 60 Minutes earlier this year, Emily Blunt pinpointed Cillian Murphy as being one such person. In fact, she called him the ‘worst celebrity in the world’.

But don’t worry, this isn’t an exclusive report on a new celebrity feud. She meant it as a compliment.

The interviewer said to the Fall Man star: “You describe him as shy, not able to handle a compliment.

“Does he know how good he is?”

Blunt responded: “No, I don’t think so. I don’t know if any of the great actors know or would say that about themselves.

“I feel he’s always in search, he’s looking off the horizon, looking at what else [he] could do, how far [he] could push it.

Emily Blunt was very complimentary of her Oppenheimer co-star (60 Minutes)

“What will satiate this creative fire in him. I think it would be so painful for him to acknowledge how good he is, I don’t see that happening.”

This is despite the fact that’s he a widely acclaimed actor thanks to his roles in Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer.

When the interviewer suggested that Murphy was ‘about the craft and not the celebrity’, Blunt agreed effusively.

She said: “He’s the worst celebrity in the world.

“He’s the best actor in the world and the worst celebrity in the world.”

When pushed on her designation of the ‘best actor in the world’, Blunt said: “He’s my favourite actor to work with. He’s unparalleled in what he can do and how he pulls you in. The whole room crackles with a certain life force when you work with him.”

Cillian Murphy has been labelled the ‘best actor in the world’ (Kate Green/Getty Images)

Murphy and Blunt worked together on the 2023 film Oppenheimer, which followed J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who developed the first nuclear weapons for use in World War Two. Murphy played Oppenheimer, while Blunt played his wife.

The film was a critical darling and nabbed both Murphy and Blunt Oscar nominations, in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Murphy would go on to win in his category. Oppenheimer would go on to be known as the highest-grossing and longest Best Picture winner since Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, released 20 years prior.

For the ‘worst celebrity in the world’, he’s got this famous actor thing down pat.