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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Steve Rose

The year of Domhnall Gleeson: ‘No one talks about actors’ dedication. But I had a perm for five months!’

A man with red hair holding his head, with a swirly background behind him
‘I don’t believe in having a bad time at work’ … Domhnall Gleeson. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian. Photographer's assistant: Flora Luna

Domhnall Gleeson has got so much new stuff coming up, someone recently joked that this was the “summer of Domhnall”. Now the phrase is all over the internet, and Gleeson is mortified: “The worry is that somebody will say this to me now thinking that I believe it.” He doesn’t know where it came from – possibly his co-star Gayle Rankin on his new movie The Incomer. “It’s certainly not something I’m trying to push … but it would be great if it could be the headline.”

He’s in a good mood when we meet at a London hotel on a hot afternoon. You could say he’s good at interviews – charming, funny, garrulous, the perfect chatshow guest. He could just be acting, admittedly, but he seems to be a genuinely good-natured, grounded sort of guy.

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