TimeOut Abu Dhabi – April 24, 2019

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Photo: Andy Parsons

my Áatmates, I go out dancing. I live a pretty

normal life.

You grew up in Kerry. Do you get homesick?

Yeah. I’m very close to my family and it can

be lonely if you’re travelling around on jobs.

We live in a very natural, really beautiful place

with mountains and lakes and stuff. I really

miss that rootedness.

Do you think of London as home now?

I do. But I miss nature and being by myself

sometimes. I live near the canal in east

London, so I like running there. I don’t know if

it will be my home forever.

You’re in Judy with Renée Zellweger. What was the

best moment on set?

We Àlmed a scene in a theatre in Hackney

and she was singing Somewhere Over the

Rainbow. I was standing beside Michael

Gambon and he was streaming with tears.

I was crying too.

You’re also in The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle. Are

you voicing am animal?

No, I’m playing Queen Victoria. I was only on

set for two weeks.

Did you want to be one of the animals?

Yeah. What would I be? Probably a squirrel.

I’m quite squirrelly. I like eating nuts [laughs].

O Wild Rose is in cinemas across the UAE from June 13.

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