Ronan says reaction to women's safety comment is 'wild'

Saoirse Ronan has said the absorption to a viral clip of her talking astir women's information connected The Graham Norton Show has been "wild".

The Irish histrion appeared connected the BBC One speech show past week alongside actors Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington and Eddie Redmayne.

Redmayne explained helium had been taught however to usage a telephone arsenic a limb portion grooming for his relation arsenic an assassin successful The Day of the Jackal.

In response, Mescal questioned whether anyone would realistically person clip to instrumentality their telephone retired erstwhile being attacked, earlier Ronan said: "That's what girls person to deliberation astir each the time. Am I close ladies?"

She was applauded by the assemblage and the clip has been trending connected societal media successful the days since.

Speaking connected Wednesday, the Little Women histrion told The Ryan Tubridy Show connected Virgin Radio UK that it's "definitely not thing that I had expected, and I didn't needfully acceptable retired to benignant of marque a splash".

Ronan, who stars successful the forthcoming Oscar-tipped movie Blitz, said the speech is simply a reflection of however nine treats women's safety.

"I deliberation there's thing truly telling astir the nine that we're successful close present and astir however unfastened women privation to beryllium with the men successful their lives."

The 30-year-old added that the speech "felt precise akin to similar erstwhile I americium astatine meal with a clump of my friends and I volition ever marque the constituent that, well, this is really an acquisition that we spell done each azygous day, 100%."

She said it was "amazing" that this infinitesimal is "opening a conversation" and "allowing much women to conscionable beryllium like, well, yeah, actually, let's speech astir our experience".

The Lady Bird prima went connected to accidental she met a pistillate precocious who told her: "'It's truly interesting, aft we watched that interview, myself and a fewer of my pistillate friends were with my hubby and we said, you know, this truly reminds maine of the fake telephone call.'

"And her hubby went, 'What, fake telephone call? What bash you mean?'.

"And of course, you wouldn't recognize if you've not had to spell done thing similar that. But she somehow, passim her beingness arsenic a female, has gained these tools without ever talking to different women astir it and knowing that this is benignant of a endurance tactic."

The fake telephone telephone refers to idiosyncratic who suspects they are being followed by a imaginable attacker, and pretends to instrumentality a telephone connected their mobile to support themselves.

The anticipation is that the imaginable attacker volition beryllium deterred by the thought they are speaking connected the telephone to idiosyncratic who would rise the alarm.

Ronan has been praised for highlighting a world women look portion connected the sofa and raising consciousness of the "serious, ongoing thoughts women person connected an astir regular basis" Elle writer Olivia Petter said.

Guardian columnist Marina Hyde agreed, writing: "Most, if not perfectly all, women person been successful a mentation of that speech successful their time, and astir each of america person not recovered the precise words to accidental successful the infinitesimal it was happening."

During the exchange, Redmayne had recalled being taught "how you tin usage the butt of your telephone [as a weapon] if someone's attacking you".

Mescal replied: "Who’s really going to deliberation astir that, though? If idiosyncratic attacks maine I'm not going to spell [reaches into pocket] - phone".

After Ronan highlighted the concerns pistillate person astir being attacked, determination was a infinitesimal of soundlessness earlier the assemblage applauded, portion the men connected the couch, and Norton, nodded their statement and acknowledged her point.

Ronan was connected the Graham Norton sofa talking astir her caller relation successful Sir Steve McQueen's Blitz wherever she plays Rita, a parent searching for her lad arsenic the Second World War ravages London.