Cillian Murphy seems to be drawn to dark tales. Most recently, of course, he starred as J. Robert Oppenheimer in 2023’s Oppenheimer, the grim, multi-award-winning thriller about the development of the atomic bomb. He also starred in Peaky Blinders, a British TV drama about Birmingham’s gangsters in the early 1900s. But one of his very first major breakout roles was in 2002’s 28 Days Later, a horror movie about the outbreak of a deadly virus in London. And that particular dark tale might have inspired him to make some major lifestyle changes. While Murphy is vegan now for health and ethical reasons, it all started because he was afraid of contracting a contagious deadly virus.
Early 2000s: ‘28 Days Later’ in the movies and Mad Cow Disease on the farms
In a nutshell, the plot of 28 Days Later follows a bicycle courier (played by Murphy) after he awakens from a coma to find…