Cillian Murphy pays homage to his educator parents in his new movie, “Steve”

Cillian Murphy is under a lot of stress I mean a lot of stress In Steve which starts streaming on Netflix this weekend the Academy Award-winner stars as the head professor of a adjustment school on the verge of shutting down He talked to Deco about how he can relate to stuffing his feelings As a educator running a school for troubled boys Cillian Murphy s personal and professional life is on the verge of falling apart in Steve When the walls of his life start closing in Steve dives into his job to avoid his problems and his feelings Cillian Murphy He s allowing work to consume him so that he s doesn t have to deal with the trauma or whatever that he s covering up Whatever his demons are he doesn t let them get in the way of his devotion to the students Cillian Murphy I think he s a good man I think he s trying his best but he s failing a lot The movie takes place over the curriculum of hours It s not exactly a time Steve will look back on fondly Cillian Murphy And then this is like the worst this is the day from hell which precipitates this breakdown really This wasn t just another role for Cillian In a way he says he was born to play the character Cillian Murphy You know it s significant to me cause my parents are both retired teachers my grandfather was a tutor and I feel like it s speaking to that society that doesn t get represented that often Cillian hasn t yet talked to his mom and dad about Steve but as the son of two former teachers he hopes he did them proud Cilllian Murphy I think it ll be quite emotional for them I hope and sometimes it s nice to talk through the work rather than directly you know