Eddie talks about self defense, Paul jokes

Eddie talked about self-defense while talking about his series, The Day of the Jackal. The actor shared how he was taught to use his phone as a weapon to attack an attacker’s neck. Paul then joked about how he would hate to have to take out his phone during an attack.

What did Saoirse say?

“Who’s really going to think about it? If someone really attacked me, I wouldn’t go on the ‘phone,” the actor said. As they all started laughing, Saoirse tried to speak but was cut off by the actors. Finally she raised her voice and said, “Girls have to think about this all the time. Am I right, ladies?” Both Eddie and Paul fell silent and then nodded in agreement. The audience appreciated his comment.

Fans react to his comments

Reacting to a clip of the interview shared on Instagram, one fan said, “It’s funny how every guy on that stage was laughing dismissively, ‘Who’s talking about using their phone as a weapon?’ I think?!’–Ummm, every woman on Earth?! Like, we all think about it on a daily basis.” One person said, “Oh, did he make them uncomfortable with the truth?”

One comment said, “It is appalling and scary to me that we can somehow normalize violence against women and, at the same time, deny its existence.” “Her face while listening was the best part,” one Instagram user wrote. “By day, by night, alone or with a group, urban or rural, young or old, we must be constantly alert to predators who may take the form of lovers, teachers, police officers, religious leaders, friends, relatives, A social media user said.

About Saoirse

Saoirse made her acting debut in 2003 in the medical drama series The Clinic and made her film debut in I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007). She has starred in Atonement (2007), The Lovely Bones (2009), Hanna (2011), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017), and Little Women (2019). He was last seen in the drama The Outrun (2024).