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As Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes take centre-stage in 28 Years Later, what happened to the cast of the original 28 Days Later?
The much-anticipated 28 Years Later released in UK cinemas on Friday after being hailed by a host of the industry's most-respected critics following early screenings.
But watching the movie's incredible cast make their debut in Boyle and Garland's franchise brings back memories of a little-know Cillian Murphy waking up alone in a London hospital some 23 years ago in the original 28 Days Later. Long before his Oscar winning turn as nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the lesser known Irish star played Jim, a bicycle courier who wakes up in hospital to discover humanity been compromised by a rapidly spreading virus, in 2002 release 28 Days Later (pictured) Speaking to Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor (seen in the 2002 film, left) revealed that Christopher Nolan was convinced to cast him in Batman Begins after watching 28 Days Later - a relationship which eventually resulted in Murphy winning an Oscar in 2024 for his role in Oppenheimer (right)
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