Cillian Murphy of hit zombie flick 28 Days Later... is set for a hectic summer.
The Cork-born 29 year old is due to hit the multiplexes three times in as many months playing evil Dr. Jonathan Crane, aka the Scarecrow, in Batman Begins ("I haven't seen any of it yet—I can't wait"), transvestite club singer Patrick "Kitten" Brady (sic) in Breakfast on Pluto ("It's one of those roles an actor would kill for") and the villain of Wes Craven's new horror Red-Eye ("I think people will hate him").
Keen runner Cillian (pronounced Kill-ian) lives in northwest London with his wife Yvonne, a video artist ("I haven't appeared in any of her work—I'm too expensive!").
An accomplished theatre actor, he'd like to return to it, if he could find the time, but for now he's looking for projects that will showcase a friendlier side to his personality. "It's hard to be so evil all the time," he laughs. "I'm going to try and stay away from the bad guys for a while now—I'm quite a nice fella, really."
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