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Robert Sheehan: ‘My anxiety had got to the point where if I was left alone I was a twitching mess’

The Guardian (X)

“The real world had a set of rules that I had learned through my peer group: don’t show emotional vulnerability, and show confidence, and all these things you learn when you’re young,” he says. In the audition room and on stage, however, Sheehan could “have contact with some dormant stuff in myself”. It was a reward system that taught him his emotions were valuable – but only as acting currency.

When the first series of The Umbrella Academy debuted in 2019, Netflix claimed that 45m households watched it globally. Sheehan remembers being approached by fans at a bar in Toronto, the summer after the show had launched. “People relate to you and the show differently, because of its distribution,” he says. Sheehan squirms in his seat, recounting the deference of the encounters. “I was having people come up to me in a quasi-religious manner, like: ‘I just want to shake your hand.’” The increased level of recognition made him feel “a bit strange and awkward”.

Ambition had once been bound up with “making my value higher in other people’s minds”. It led to taking jobs on studio films (such as the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines, a commercial and critical flop). Now Sheehan has realised the work that brings him the most joy is in the theatre: “It’s this perfect closed ring of performance, audience and immediate high stakes.” The last two years have seen him taking to the stage with more frequency, with Frankie Boyle in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame at the Gate theatre in Dublin in 2022, and this year leading a theatre adaptation of cult film comedy Withnail and I at the Birmingham Rep, as well as starring in the family drama Reunion, which debuted at the prestigious Galway international arts festival. He has come to terms with pursuing “a present ambition versus a future ambition,” he says.

Released from a behemoth Netflix production whose contractual obligations spanned several years, Sheehan’s present ambitions involve developing projects with his friends and “creating our own stuff” on “a more manageable scale”. He is keen to put down roots and renovate a house in Cork, where he’s been living for the past 18 months. Sheehan says it took him a long time to admit that Ireland is “where I’m the most relaxed version of myself”.

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Robert Sheehan in the new Red Sonja official trailer (X)

and this last bit just bc it looks cool, you’re welcome

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red sonja official trailer is out

in theatres august 15th

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Robert Sheehan, Red Sonja’s big baddy

Ol’ Rob is finally back on the big screen, and back signing stuff for people at not just a Comic Con, but the Comic Con. The film is scheduled for release on Aug 15

via the San Diego Comic Con Blog (X)

Red Sonja looks to be battling its way to San Diego Comic-Con. A new exclusive signing for the upcoming film has been added to the Comic-Con Exclusives Portal, taking place on Thursday, July 24 from 10:45am-11:30am. The signing will feature stars Matilda Lutz (Revenge), Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy), and Martyn Ford (F9).

The upcoming film releases later this year from Samuel Goldwyn Films, and is based on the sword-and-sorcery character co-created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973 (and originally created by originally created by Robert E. Howard). It follows a barbarian huntress who has been enslaved by an evil tyrant, who must unite a group of unlikely warriors.

The timing of the signing strongly hints that a Red Sonja panel may also be part of Thursday’s programming schedule.

Signing schedule:

noteworthy for tua / MyChem / Dark Horse fans…

5pm-6:30pm – Title TBA! – Mikey Way (My Chemical Romance), Jon Rivera – Dark Horse Booth #2615 *WRISTBAND REQUIRED*

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this is everything

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My only true love 💖

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Robert Sheehan + Filmography (2003-2024) To be continued...

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This was a minor issue.

Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty? (2024)

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Best I can do is hide it under a full face of makeup, love.

Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty? (2024)

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follow-up:

meanwhile, rob’s irish fandom is alive and well - it’s an audience choice award, and he’s the only one onscreen for much of it

Ol’ Rob Picked a Winner

Robert Sheehan’s latest project, Blindboy Boatclub’s Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty? takes home the Royal Television Society’s new Audience Coice Award in Ireland

March 27, 2025

RTS Republic of Ireland Television Awards winners

A new Audience Choice award for the favourite TV show of 2024, voted for by the general public, went to RTÉ Storyland comedy Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty? The adaptation of a short story by Irish artist and author Blindboy Boatclub stars Robert Sheehan as a troubled man dragging a fridge through Limerick to prove that he’s a big shot. source: RTS (X)

Where to watch in the U.S.

Available to stream free on Internet Archive

Thank you @littlewalken for finding this for us!

Additionally, the show received recognition for its contribution to the Irish language creative sector. The program was also nominated for an RTS Ireland Award in the Scripted/Réamhscriptithe category. The awards ceremony took place at the Guinness Storehouse, March 27, 2025.

The RTS Ireland Television Awards 2025, also known as Gradaim RTS Ireland 2025, were held on March 27th at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. The awards ceremony honored achievements and excellence in the Irish TV industry. Virgin Media Television hosted the event, with support from Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, Screen Producers Ireland, and broadcasters RTÉ, TG4, and Sky Ireland.

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I'm choosing to believe this is real because it's funny and hurts no one

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Congratulations to all AO3 users! Important Milestone reached!

Bookmark database overran!

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Ol’ Rob Picked a Winner

Robert Sheehan’s latest project, Blindboy Boatclub’s Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty? takes home the Royal Television Society’s new Audience Coice Award in Ireland

March 27, 2025

RTS Republic of Ireland Television Awards winners

A new Audience Choice award for the favourite TV show of 2024, voted for by the general public, went to RTÉ Storyland comedy Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty? The adaptation of a short story by Irish artist and author Blindboy Boatclub stars Robert Sheehan as a troubled man dragging a fridge through Limerick to prove that he’s a big shot. source: RTS (X)

Where to watch in the U.S.

Available to stream free on Internet Archive

Thank you @littlewalken for finding this for us!

Additionally, the show received recognition for its contribution to the Irish language creative sector. The program was also nominated for an RTS Ireland Award in the Scripted/Réamhscriptithe category. The awards ceremony took place at the Guinness Storehouse, March 27, 2025.

The RTS Ireland Television Awards 2025, also known as Gradaim RTS Ireland 2025, were held on March 27th at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. The awards ceremony honored achievements and excellence in the Irish TV industry. Virgin Media Television hosted the event, with support from Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, Screen Producers Ireland, and broadcasters RTÉ, TG4, and Sky Ireland.

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John Steinbeck’s VERY USEFUL writing advice  ─ ℰ.ℬ.  (via John Steinbeck 6 Writing Tips | KLeRosier)

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Whoever she is, she is fierce.

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i’ve always wanted to be cretaceous

I made a new sticker collection of these cute little Pridesaurs!!

They are currently available on my esty page, we got the whole gang!

ACE-kylosaurus (Ankylosaurus)

ALLY-oramus (Alioramus)

ARO-margasaurus (Amargasaurus)

BI-rachisaurus (Brachiosaurus)

Me-GAY-losaurus (Megalosaurus)

LESB-beosaurus (Lambeosaurus)

THEY-rizinosaurus (Therizinosaurus)

PAN-oplosaurus (Panoplosaurus...yeah its juts literally its name...)

QUEER-mesaurus (Quilmesaurus)

TRANS-ceratops (Triceratops)

If you are interested in owning one of these pretty pretty dinos, please consider supporting my silly art and visit my shop through the following link

I CURRENTLY RUN A 20% PRIDE MONTH SALE (May till end of June):

Link to the stickers: