“I was terrified… ‘What if I kill all seven lambs?'”
she recalls toEntertainment Weekly, laughing through her anxiety-filled memories.
“When they eventually come out, they’re lifeless, and you essentially have to revive them.

Saoirse Ronan in ‘The Outrun’.Martin Scott Powell/Sony Pictures Classics
You have to vigorously rub the side of their body to get their airwaves clear.
So, really, their life is in your hands.”
The four-time Oscar nominee wasn’t thinking about trading in her acting career to become an animal midwife.

Saoirse Ronan in ‘The Outrun’.Natalie Seery / Sony Pictures Classics
In fact, it wasforwork.
Their social life and everything that they need and want really has to come second."
“It’s been a particular substance that I’ve hated.

Saoirse Ronan in ‘The Outrun’.Martin Scott Powell/Sony Pictures Classics
I’ve been angry at.
It’s caused me pain and confusion and resentment.
But their relationship fractures as she continues to lie and deceive him about her sobriety and mental health.
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“A lot of girls I know when they’re younger, they’re just angrier.
I had a temper.
I wouldn’t realize that that’s what I was like before.
“So there was a few little bits of information that I’d gathered along the way.
One was from Greta [Gerwig].
And so we wanted to try and find that middle ground,” she says.
“It is incredibly hopeful.
So we really wanted to tap into that.”
The Outrunis in theaters now.