CILLIAN Murphy celebrated winning one of Oppenheimer’s seven Oscars but brought bad news for fans of BBC hit Peaky Blinders.
Murphy, the first Irish-born Best Actor winner, suggested he would never return to his role as Tommy Shelby despite plans for a spin-off movie version of the crime drama series.
Asked after the ceremony whether he was happy to retire Tommy, whom he portrayed from 2013 to 2022, he said: “I loved playing him. He was exhausting and so wildly different for me that each time going back was kind of a journey.
“I’m really not sentimental about work. I feel like the next thing is the most exciting thing. And I mean, it was a ten-year period in my life, so it is significant, but I always feel, like, let’s keep moving.”
Earlier, Murphy, 47, had used his acceptance speech to call for peace in the world, despite the film being about creating the atomic bomb.
On stage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, where the glitzy event was held, he said: “I’m a very proud Irishman standing up here tonight.
“We made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb and for better or for worse, we’re all living in Oppenheimer’s world.
“So I’d really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers, every where.”
Oppenheimer won the Best Picture award and London-born Christopher Nolan, 53, was named Best Director for the film, which his wife Emma Thomas, 52, co-produced.
Robert Downey Jr, 58, got Best Supporting Actor for the three-hour movie, which also won for Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing thanks to Jennifer Lame, and Best Original Score.
However, the movie’s Best Picture win was dampened by screen veteran Al Pacino, 83, who fluffed the announcement on stage.
He presented the award but failed to read out the ten nominees, instead opening the envelope straight away and saying: “My eyes see Oppenheimer.”
Murphy partied late into the night with the Oppenheimer team, including co-star Emily Blunt, 41, at the Universal Pictures bash.
An insider said: “When Cillian and the Oppenheimer cast walked in, everyone gathered around to cheer and clap them. It was an emotional moment.”
Martin Scorsese’s Western crime drama Killers of the Flower Moon was the biggest loser of the night, failing to receive a single award in the ten categories for which it was nominated.
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, which was up for seven, also went home empty-handed.
And despite being the highest-grossing blockbuster of last year, Barbie only won Best Original Song for What Was I Made For?, which made Billie Eilish the youngest ever two-time Oscar winner, aged 22.
She won the same award in 2022 for her Bond title track No Time To Die.
Meanwhile, director Mstyslav Chernov said he was honoured to accept Ukraine’s first Oscar for the documentary 20 Days In Mariupol, about Russia’s siege of the port city.
The ceremony featured a string of comedy moments including shots of Messi, the border collie from Anatomy Of A Fall, who was shown to be clapping the nominees.
Joking about the dog’s performance, host Jimmy Kimmel said: “I haven’t seen a French actor eat vomit like that since Gerard Depardieu.”
On the biggest night in the showbiz calendar, actress Sydney Sweeney, 26, paid homage to Angelina Jolie, 48, with her outfit.
She attended the Vanity Fair after party in a Marc Bouwer gown which Angelina wore to the Oscars in 2004.
