This impressive Saoirse Ronan performance in Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” wasn’t supposed to happen. Her role as Rita, a young mother protecting her son George (newcomer Elliott Hefferman) during the Nazi bombing of London in World War II could have gone to someone else.
Because, in theory, Ronan was looking for a long, extended break. READ MORE: ‘Blitz’ Review: Steven McQueen’s WWII London Bombing Drama Is Dazzling [NYFF] “I had been gone from the 5th of January in Australia for about four months [filming ‘Foe‘], and then I went straight into ‘The Outrun’ and essentially prepping that and shooting that over about six months,” Ronan explains.
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