I love Rachel McAdams and we had fun making it, Murphy said.
“But I dont think its a good movie.
Its a goodBmovie.”

Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams in ‘Red Eye’.DreamWorks/courtesy Everett Collection
DreamWorks/courtesy Everett Collection
I think its the duality of it.
Its why I wanted to play it.
“The only reason it appealed to me is you could do that.

Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
That turn, you know?”
“They say the nicest people sometimes make the best villains, she said.
I hated watching myself.
I hated looking at myself on screen.
I remember when I saw it was like Oh, thats kind of a schlocky B movie.
Rachel McAdams is excellent in it,” he said at the time.
“But I didnt think I gave a very nuanced performance in it.
But, listen, if people love the movie then thats great.
Im pleased with that.
Im less hard on myself now when I look at stuff.
Im less hypercritical of my work.
But thats probably a hangover from that to be honest.”