Cillian Murphy is under a lot of stress. I mean — a lot of stress. In “Steve,” which starts streaming on Netflix this weekend, the Academy Award-winner stars as the head teacher of a reform school on the verge of shutting down. He talked to Deco about how he can relate to stuffing his feelings.

As a teacher running a school for troubled boys, Cillian Murphy’s personal and professional life is on the verge of falling apart in “Steve.”

When the walls of his life start closing in, Steve dives into his job to avoid his problems and his feelings.

Cillian Murphy: “He’s allowing work to consume him so that he’s doesn’t have to deal with the trauma, or whatever, that he’s covering up.”

Whatever his demons are, he doesn’t let them get in the way of his devotion to the students.

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