Saoirse Ronanmade a huge sacrifice in producing her first feature, in which she also stars,The Outrun.

While Ronan is eager to work with herLittle WomenandLady Birddirector again “I will do anything.

you might make it as big or as little as you want.

SAOIRSE RONAN as Rona in The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan in ‘The Outrun’.Martin Scott Powell/Sony Pictures Classics

you could make it funny.

you’re able to make it tragic.

Right after making that film, she went to work onSteve McQueen’s World War II-setBlitz.

Elliott Heffernan and Saoirse Ronan in “Blitz,"

Elliott Heffernan and Saoirse Ronan in ‘Blitz’.Apple TV+

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It didn’t hurt that playing Rita meant getting to dress up a bit more.

Hear more of Chen’s interview onThe Awardist, below.

Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun and Blitz; and Joan Chen in Didi

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Joan Chen as Chungsing Wang and Izaac Wang as Chris Wang in writer/director Sean Wang’s Didi, a Focus Features release.

Joan Chen and Izaac Wang in ‘Dìdi’.Courtesy of Focus Features/Talking Fish Pictures