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Paul Mescal on preparing for Gladiator II: "I ate a lot of chicken and lifted heavy things."

Paul Mescal says training for Gladiator II was 'fun'

Paul Mescal has said training for his role in Gladiator II was "fun" but that he refused to give up drinking alcohol while preparing for the blockbuster.

Movies • 25 Oct 24

Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan attend the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 4th Annual Gala in Partnership with Rolex at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Saoirse Ronan presents award to Paul Mescal in LA

Saoirse Ronan has presented her fellow Irish actor Paul Mescal with an award at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures gala event in LA.

Movies • 20 Oct 24

Saoirse Ronan speaks about growing her family: "I would like to have a kid."

Ronan speaks about the possibility of having children

Saoirse Ronan has said she feels "fortunate" that she would be able to step away from her Hollywood career to have children without having to give up acting for good.

Movie • 16 Oct 24

Saoirse Ronan: "It gave me a new perspective on everything that's going on around us right now."

Ronan: Filming 'felt poignant' amid global conflict

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan said shooting her new Second World War film gave her a "new perspective on everything that's going on around us right now", amid a backdrop of world conflict.

Movies • 12 Oct 24

Blitz opens in selected cinemas on Friday 1 November and arrives on Apple TV+ on Friday 22 November

Saoirse Ronan sings in wartime drama Blitz

Saoirse Ronan sings in her latest film, the wartime drama Blitz, which receives its world premiere at the opening gala of the BFI London Film Festival tonight.

Movies • 09 Oct 24

Saoirse Ronan told Jimmy Kimmel: "I didn't say no to it, I just didn't get the part"

Saoirse Ronan reflects on missing out on Luna Lovegood

Saoirse Ronan has told Jimmy Kimmel Live! on US television that missing out on the role of the Harry Potter character Luna Lovegood has been "the one that stayed with me over the years".

Movies • 09 Oct 24

Saorise Ronan stars opposite Paapa Essiedu in The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan feels 'calmer' after making The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan has told RTÉ Entertainment that she feels "calmer about just trusting the process" after making her debut as a producer while also starring in the new drama The Outrun.

Movies • 01 Oct 24

Ultimately, The Outrun is a story about recovery

Saoirse Ronan finds a way back to life in The Outrun

Don't let The Outrun's starting point of rock bottom put you off, because, ultimately, this is a story about recovery more than it is about the horrors that precede it.

Movie Review • 26 Sep 24

Host Patrick Keilty, Rylan Clark and Saoirse Ronan on Friday's Late Late

Rylan: 'I was fired for asking for Geri's autograph'

Rylan Clark has recalled how asking Spice Girl Geri Halliwell for her autograph got him fired from his first job in a London hairdressers.

Late Late Show • 21 Sep 24

Saoirse Ronan on the red carpet at a screening of The Outrun at the Lighthouse cinema in Dublin on Friday evening

Ronan: 'The Outrun struck a very personal chord for me'

Saoirse Ronan has said that her husband, fellow actor Jack Lowden, "had an ear out" for her accent in her latest role as a recovering alcoholic who tries to piece her life together in the Orkneys.

Movies • 21 Sep 24

Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan on the set of the film Blitz, set during the Second World War

Saoirse Ronan searches for her son in trailer for Blitz

Saoirse Ronan can be seen searching for her missing son in the trailer for Steve McQueen's war drama Blitz.

Movies • 23 Sep 24

Andrew Scott misses out on Emmy award for Ripley role

It wasn't to be for Andrew Scott as the Dubliner lost out to Baby Reindeer's Richard Gadd in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Anthology Series or Movie at Sunday night's Emmys.

Emmy Awards 2024 • 16 Sep 24

The countdown to the Oscar nominations is on for Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan (pictured here in The Outrun)

Kneecap, Saoirse Ronan tipped for Oscar nominations

The acclaimed Irish-language music biopic Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan have been tipped for Oscar nominations by the US entertainment trade publication Variety.

Movies • 23 Aug 24

Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden, pictured at the premiere of Mary Queen of Scots in Edinburgh in January 2019

Saoirse Ronan reported to have wed in Scotland

It is reported that Saoirse Ronan has married her longtime partner and fellow actor Jack Lowden in a "secret ceremony" in Edinburgh.

Movies • 28 Jul 24

Saoirse Ronan-starring Blitz sets London world premiere

The world premiere of Saoirse Ronan's new film, the Steve McQueen-directed Blitz, is to open the 68th BFI London Film Festival in October.

Movies • 04 Jul 24

Watch: Saoirse Ronan in first trailer for The Outrun

The first trailer for Saoirse Ronan's new film, The Outrun, has been released and it sees the Oscar-nominated Irish star playing a recovering alcoholic struggling to come to terms with her past.

Movies • 02 Jun 24

Saoirse Ronan's new film receives Irish release date

It has been announced that Saoirse Ronan's new film, The Outrun, will be released in Irish cinemas on Friday 27 September.

Movies • 28 Apr 24

Saoirse Ronan - Soon to be seen in The Outrun and Blitz

Saoirse Ronan tipped for Oscar nominations in 2025

The US entertainment trade publication Variety has tipped Saoirse Ronan for two Oscar nominations in 2025.

Movies • 20 Mar 24

Harry Styles is among the stars singing love songs tonight on BBC Two

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Saturday

With St Valentine's Day on the horizon there's a night of love songs on BBC Two, it's semi-final time on The Masked Singer, while today's sports coverage includes the Six Nations and hurling . . .

Television • 10 Feb 24

Ronan had already worked with the costume designer of the Barbie movie but ultimately could not fulfil her cameo commitment

Saoirse Ronan on her missed cameo as 'Weird Barbie'

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has said she was meant to be "a weird Barbie" in the Greta Gerwig-directed film about the popular Mattel doll.

Movies • 23 Jan 24

Saoirse Ronan - Will have her hands full in One More Time

Saoirse Ronan chooses her next film role

Saoirse Ronan is to star in the satirical comedy-thriller Bad Apples for Jonatan Etzler, the director of the Swedish film One More Time.

Movies • 02 Nov 23

If you remember the classic TV series The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, Foe plays like a feature-length episode of both

Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal together at last in Foe

It's Scenes from a Sci-Fi Marriage for Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as Henrietta and Junior.

Movie Review • 21 Oct 23

The Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday 23 January 2024

Hopes high for another big Irish night at the Oscars

Hopes are high that next year's Oscars will be another big night for Irish talent after 2023's record number of nominations.

Movies • 26 Sep 23

Saoirse Ronan pays tribute to Sinéad O'Connor

Saoirse Ronan has paid tribute to Sinéad O'Connor as she described the pride she feels in fellow Irish women in the entertainment industry.

Movies • 07 Sep 23

Foe is due for release in Ireland on Friday 20 October

Saoirse Ronan & Paul Mescal turn up the tension in Foe

The full trailer for the Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal-starring sci-fi thriller Foe has been released ahead of its arrival in cinemas in October.

Movies • 25 Aug 23