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‘Dune: Prophecy’ Star Emily Watson On Portraying Another Fearsome Mother Superior In ‘Small Things Like These’ & Why She Thinks Cillian Murphy Is Even Better In It Than In ‘Oppenheimer’
Emily Watson talks to Deadline about her role in Irish drama Small Things Like These opposite Cillian Murphy
Watson plays Sister Mary, whose convent is concealing a Magdalene Laundry, businesses run jointly by the Church and the Irish state where unwed mothers were consigned to repent of their sins, do hard labor and ultimately deliver their babies for adoption. Deadline recently spoke with veteran two-time Oscar and three-time BAFTA Film Award nominee Watson about her experience on Small Things Like These, which she says was sparked when Murphy had “a sort of dream” that she should play Sister Mary. EMILY WATSON: Cillian wanted to have all Irish actors, and then, I think they were having a bit of trouble casting the role, and he said he actually had a sort of dream that it was me, so they called me up and offered it to me, and I was absolutely sold.
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