28 years later: is he Cillian Murphy? Fans are confident of the actor’s return in the shocking new trailer

28 years later trailer

The trailer for 28 Years Later offers a haunting glimpse of a post-apocalyptic world, where Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s character escapes a safe community and ventures outside England with a bow and arrow. The trailer also gives a glimpse of Jodie Comer’s character holding a small child in her lap. But it was the sudden appearance of a zombie, bearing a striking resemblance to Irish actor Cillian Murphy, that caught most fans’ attention.

fan reactions

Reacting to the all-bones zombie in the trailer, one fan commented, “The zombie rising up in the field looked like my boy Cillian Murphy.” Another commented, “Oh my god I’m so excited!” One comment read, “Oh wow…this looks crazy and scary. Can’t wait to see it though.”

Fans will have to wait until June 20, 2025, to find out whether this character is Cillian Murphy or not. In the first poster released a few days ago, the actor’s name is not listed in the promotional material of the film.

The film’s official synopsis reads: “It has been nearly three decades since the Wrath virus escaped from a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in brutally enforced quarantine, something has managed to survive among the infected. Have discovered ways. One such group of survivors lives on a small island that is connected to the mainland by a single, heavily guarded causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark center of the mainland, he discovers secrets, miracles, and horrors that have transformed not only the infected but the other survivors as well.