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PEOPLE & ARTSTuesday 23 February 2016
Saoirse Ronan makes her stage
debut on Broadway’s ‘deep end’
In this Oct. 8, 2015 file photo, everything.” “I knew from an early age
actress Saoirse Ronan poses Directed by Dutch visionary what I didn’t want to do,”
for a portrait in New York. Ivo van Hove, the revival she said. “Unless the right
will also star Ben Whishaw, one came along, the idea
Associated Press Sophie Okonedo, Ciarán of doing a franchise or any-
Hinds, Tavi Gevinson and thing like that for me wasn’t
MARK KENNEDY Jim Norton. It will have something that appealed
AP Drama Writer an original score by Philip to me.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Not too Glass. When she was 12, before
long ago, Saoirse Ronan The multi-talented Gevin- she got “Atonement,”
found herself face-to-face son, who plays Mary War- Ronan was offered a part
on a red carpet with mega ren, is making her second in an action film. “It was
star Jennifer Lopez. Broadway appearance all fire and guns and I was
“She didn’t have a clue and said that if Ronan is the kid that was rescued.
who I was,” said the young fighting any nerves, it’s not I knew then that I didn’t
Irish actress, who has apparent. “When Saoirse is want to do that.
earned her second Oscar on that stage, I’m genuine- I wanted to play the
nomination in the haunting ly scared of her. She’s got strange child that ruins ev-
and sweet immigrant film nothing to worry about.” eryone’s life.”
“Brooklyn.” Born to Irish parents in The glitz and glamor part
“I was like, ‘J-Lo!’ She was the Bronx, Ronan’s fam- of acting doesn’t interest
like, ‘Yes?’” recounted ily moved back to Ireland her. “The Hollywood side
Ronan. when she was 3. Her ca- of it is weird,” she said and
And then, in her gorgeous, reer breakthrough came in has moved to New York. “I
lilting accent, the young the 2007 film “Atonement,” don’t feel like I’m part of
actress dropped a mini- playing a tween who cool- that world.”
bombshell on Jenny From ly tears apart lovers. She Her leap into theater is
the Block: “I’m from the earned an Oscar nomina- partly due to her father’s
Bronx, too.” tion. influence. Paul Ronan was
“She’s like, ‘Oh, OK,’” said Ronan, whose first name a one-time bartender who
Ronan. “I said, ‘Yeah. is pronounced SUR’-shuh, so impressed actors who
We’re from the same was also in “The Lovely came in for a pint than
block.’ She didn’t have Bones,” ‘’Hanna” and they convinced him to start
a clue what I was talking “The Grand Budapest Ho- acting.
about but I was delighted tel.” Awaiting release is a His first gigs were in the the-
that we shared in that for a film adaptation of “The ater before he branched
second — or at least I did.” Seagull.” She is clearly an out to such films as “The
J-Lo — like many of us — actress drawn to subtle Devil’s Own” and “Veroni-
are definitely starting to shadings. ca Guerin.” q
get a clue about this New
York-born, thoroughly re- Doctor who identified CTE
freshing 21-year-old. This has 6-figure book deal
month, she’s started work
on her first stage role. NEW YORK (AP) — The fo- In this Dec. 16, 2015 file photo,
Something easy to start rensic pathologist who Dr. Bennet Omalu attends a
with, perhaps? “No. I can identified the brain dis- special screening of “Con-
never do that, can I?” she ease CTE afflicting numer- cussion” in New York.
said, laughing. ous football players and Associated Press
No, Ronan has decided was played by Will Smith in
to star on Broadway in a the movie “Concussion” is 2002. The NFL vehemently
revival of Arthur Miller’s working on a memoir. disputed his research, but
“The Crucible,” considered Dr. Bennet Omalu has a six- CTE has since been found
among America’s best figure deal with Christian in the brains of dozens of
plays. And she’ll be play- publisher Zondervan, ac- former players, including
ing Abigail Williams, the cording to literary agent recent Hall of Famer Ken
vengeful fulcrum of the Steve Ross of Abrams Art- Stabler.q
play. Previews begin Feb. ists Agency. Ross told The
29. Associated Press on Mon-
“What I wanted to do was day the memoir has the
go to a small, little theater working title “The Truth
and do a new play and Doesn’t Have a Side” and
have it be something that will come out in fall 2017.
nobody paid attention to, Omalu first diagnosed CTE,
just to get me into it,” said or chronic traumatic en-
the actress with striking cephalopathy, after per-
blue eyes. forming an autopsy on
“Then this came along and former Pittsburgh Steelers
you kind of can’t say no. I center Mike Webster in
don’t know. Maybe it’s a
good thing to be thrown
in the deep end because
then you’re just exposed to
