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Saoirse Ronan taken aback by ‘wild’ reaction to women’s safety comments

Comment on Graham Norton’s chatshow has gained support from women after clip shared around world

During the episode, Redmayne told host Norton how preparation for appearing in The Day of the Jackal involved being trained in self-defence, including how to use a phone as a weapon. Ronan told Virgin Radio UK’s Ryan Tubridy on Wednesday that the response was “definitely not something that I had expected, and I didn’t necessarily set out to sort of make a splash”. Ronan appeared on the chatshow to talk about her new film Blitz in which she plays Rita, a mother searching for her son as the second world war engulfs London.

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