This interview contains some spoilers for "Small Things Like These."] "I didn't want to play him like a hero. I think he's actually having a nervous breakdown." Coming from Cillian Murphy, it would be fair to think he was talking about his Oscar-winning turn as the father of the atom bomb in last year's Best Picture recipient,

Cillian Murphy didn’t read “Small Things Like These” looking for a film to do. He was simply a fan of the author, Claire Keegan.

Cillian Murphy’s career clout has only expanded since being named Oscar’s Best Actor for “Oppenheimer. ” His low-key period Irish drama “Small Things Like These,” opening Friday, couldn’t be more