Tom Blyth has apologised after mistakenly calling the Irish actor Cillian Murphy a ‘British icon’.

The 30-year-old actor, best known for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, has been critiqued by fans after accidentally calling the legendary Oppenheimer actor a Brit.

In an interview while at a photoshoot for Burberry’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection at London Fashion Week, the actor was asked a few fun questions. When asked which ‘British icon’ he’d like to see in a Burberry shoot, the star made a faux pas.

‘British icon I’d like to see in a Burberry campaign? Ooh, I mean, Cillian Murphy. Let’s say Cillian,’ he said.

Of course, being Irish, Cillian may qualify as an icon, but he certainly isn’t British and is very proudly from Cork.

The actor has now apologised for his m

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