Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan: 'The two of us in a comedy just isn't going to happen'
The actors star alongside each other in WWII drama Anthropoid
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Your support makes all the difference.We spoke to actors Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy who have united for Anthropoid, a new WWII drama recounting the biographical tale of the assassination attempt on Hitler's third in command, SS General Reinhard Heydrich.
In the film, the two play Czech soldiers Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcík. Heydrich - played in the film by Detlef Bothe - was the main architect of the Final Solution which was the Nazis' plan to exterminate the Jewish race.
Speaking about what separates Anthropoid from other WWII films, Peaky Blinders actor Murphy - who will next be seen in another war film, this one Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk - said: "I think the story is not very well known outside of the Czech Republic - I think it will be a revelation to cinemagoers to realise that this incident in history took place."
He continued: "It's a different kind of war film - it's old-fashioned in many ways - which is a good thing."
Later this month, Dornan will reprise his role of serial killer Paul Spector for the third and final series of BBC drama The Fall - we asked him how it feels to be leaving the role behind.
"Put simply, that job changed my life. If they wanted to [keep making] The Fall, I would happily play Paul Spector for the rest of my life. I find it hugely comforting to do that job despite the content and how hard it can be."
With a solid number of dramatic roles under their belt, would the two consider comedy?
"You do a couple of roles that are dramatic and it just so happens that you wouldn't be first on a comedy producer's list," laughs Dornan. "The two of us in a comedy just isn't going to happen; I don't think any studio or independent filmmaker would think that's a good idea."
Anthropoid is in cinemas now
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