Saoirse Ronan on working with husband Jack Lowden Newlywed Saoirse Ronan has described the movie that she co-produced with husband Jack Lowden as a “life-changing experience”. Speaking at the premiere of The Outrun , which recently debuted at the Edinburgh Film Festival, the Carlow actor said her involvement in the project was all thanks to Lowden (34). The two actors married in a secret ceremony in Edinburgh last month, having got engaged last year after meeting in 2018 on the set of Mary Queen of Scots .
The four-time Oscar nominee (30) said Lowden was “so heartbroken” that he could not be at the premiere. Ronan joked how she would be his “representative” instead, as she showed off her new gold band at her first public event since tying the knot. “He’s prepping for a Scottish play that will be here next week.
For me, personally, I wouldn’t have been involved in this project, this life-changing experience, if it wasn’t for Jack Lowden,” she said. “He’s an incredibly proud Scotsman and his life’s work will be to just bring work back to Scotland, which is what we want to continue to do. “There’s so much incredible talent here, so much potential for incredible storytelling, and Jack and I have been so honoured to be a part of what we feel is the next wave of Scottish film-making.
” Saoirse Ronan with husband Jack Lowden at the Scottish premiere of 'Mary Queen of Scots' in Edinburgh in January 2019. Photo: Getty The Outrun , which will open on September 27 and is directed by Nora Fingscheidt, is already getting rave reviews after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Based on the acclaimed memoir by Scottish writer Amy Liptrot, Ronan adopts a Scottish accent in the movie, which was filmed in the Orkney Islands.
She plays Rona, a young woman recovering from alcohol addiction who has left rehab and returned to the remote Scottish region where she grew up, after a decade in London. Liptrot’s book was originally recommended to Ronan by Lowden during lockdown while the pair were living in their London home. From left, Saoirse Ronan, Amy Liptrot and Nora Fingscheidt at the world premiere of 'The Outrun' during the Edinburgh International Festival.
Photo: Getty She said they were “reading three books a week, like everyone else at the time”. “As soon as he finished it, he said to me, ‘This is the next role you need to play’. I finished the whole thing in two days,” she said.
“I was so in love initially with Amy’s style of writing. It was so non-linear and poetic, but still very easy to follow and connect to. “It was about a subject that I could relate to very strongly, as most people can, so we were all in from the very beginning.
” Lowden, who stars in Apple TV’s Slow Horses , which returns next month, was equally generous in his praise of his wife’s talents. He said she was “utterly phenomenal” and it was “wonderful” being married to another actor. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news.
