‘That’s what girls have to think about’

The actress highlighted violence against women after a joke was made about self-defense on ‘The Graham Norton Show’

Saoirse Ronan He is telling things as they are.

On Friday, October 25, the 30-year-old actress appeared on The Graham Norton Show next to Pablo Mescal,Eddie Redmayne and Denzel Washingtonwhere she offered her perspective on violence against women after a joke was made about self-defense.

On the talk show, Redmayne, 42, opened up about the physical training he underwent for his role in the upcoming miniseries. The day of the jackalin which he plays a murderer.

After saying he was taught to use his phone as a weapon if someone attacked him, Mescal, 28, and host Graham Norton began joking, saying they wouldn’t think about using their phone as such if they were in danger.

“Who’s really going to think about that?” Mescal said while imitating taking a phone out of his pants pocket. “If someone really attacked me, I’m not going to make a phone call.” “

Norton, 61, then pointed to an imaginary attacker and said, “Can you wait a second?” while pretending to remove your phone from his.

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“That’s a very good point,” Redmayne added, before Ronan chimed in and stated, “That’s what girls have to think about all the time.”

He Little Women The star then gestured to the audience and asked, “Am I right, ladies?” which got loud applause.

Representatives for Mescal and Redmayne did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. A Norton representative declined to comment.

People on social media have since praised Ronan for her comment, which has gone viral, saying that she “gagged“men on the talk show.

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“Saoirse Ronan is a queen. Men need to be reminded what it is to be a woman in order to appreciate their privilege. The silence after she said that says it all.” wrote a person

“This sums up in a nutshell that men ignore male privilege.” shared other. “The fact that these guys (good guys, of course) are so oblivious is almost terrifying. Thank God for Saoirse, because we all need a little more attention paid to this.”

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Ronan is currently preparing for the release of his next movie aerial bombardment. In it, she plays a single mother named Rita who lives in London in the middle of World War II with her 9-year-old son George.

According to a synopsis, the young man “embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense danger, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.”

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The actress revealed in a recent interview with Fashion that the film was attracted to its director Steven McQueen, who directed 12 years of slavery.

“I’ve been telling my agent for years, if someone like Steve McQueen asks me to meet him or audition for him, make sure that happens,” he told the outlet.

However, at the time, Ronan was hesitant to make “another war movie.”

“As soon as (Steve) started explaining to me that he was going to continue this mother-son relationship and that we were going to stay home with everyone else… I was completely hooked,” she said.

aerial bombardment is in theaters on November 1st and then streams on Apple TV+ on November 22nd.

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