The Carlow actress stars in Steve McQueen’s new WWII drama, which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival.
Ryan Tubridy has said Saoirse Ronan’s new film Blitz is an 'outstanding, brutally beautiful' film, as Saoirse says shooting a wartime movie amid global conflict is 'poignant'. The Carlow actress 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 global conflict.
Blitz, directed by Steve McQueen, launched the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday and Ronan posed on the red carpet alongside co-stars Stephen Graham, Paul Weller and Benjamin Clementine at the Royal Festival Hall. READ MORE - 'I got married in secret - I know why Saoirse Ronan did the same thing' READ MORE - Saoirse Ronan reveals she failed Harry Potter audition and was cut from Barbie movie Among those attending the red carpet included Tubridy, who said: 'Big thanks to Saoirse Ronan for the invitation to the premiere of her outstanding, brutally beautiful new film, Blitz. Review to follow.' Ronan stars as East End mum Rita, who decides to send her nine-year-old son George (Elliott Heffernan) to the countryside from war-torn London, but grows frustrated when she is told her son has not arrived at his destination. Asked how she tapped into the despair and grief of a mother of a missing child, Little Women star Ronan told the PA news agency: 'I could only pull from my own life experience of just loving something so much and imagining that being taken away. 'I think at its core that’s the only way that I could actually relate to it. But certainly, it gave me a new perspective on everything that’s going on around us right now.' The film was shot in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 202
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