Norman Jewison, who has died aged 97, was a Canadian-born Hollywood film-maker of eclectic taste who was as comfortable with comedy as with musicals and melodrama.
Now that Colin Farrell is a regular in both blockbuster movies and on the gossip pages, the search seems to be on for the next hot young Irish actor.
Cillian Murphy certainly seems to be leading the pack at this point. But there’s a young actress from Dublin also waiting in the wings, with a role in what is sure to be one of the biggest movies of 2005.
The Irish-born Murphy got himself a big break this past summer with a leading role in the sleeper sci fi hit
28 Days Later. Murphy starred alongside Irish screen veteran Brendan Gleeson and fellow newcomer Naomie Harris, in the creepy flick about post-apocalyptic London.