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Milne](http://time.com/4888858/new-goodbye-christopher-robin-trailer-takes-a-look-at-winnie-the-poohs-creator/), and picked one up for research. “I was happy to find that they were good,” he says cheerfully, sipping a soft drink in a plush London hotel in late September. “Some things are inexplicably popular, but _Pooh_ is not. You really understand why people love it so much.” Gleeson understands what it’s like to be popular, at least with casting directors: _Goodbye Christopher Robin_ is only the third of his six films due out this year. The charismatic Dubliner’s talent is obvious from the eclectic range of roles he’s taken on since breaking out as the affable Bill Weasley in the _Harry Potter_ franchise. So far in 2017, he’s bossed around Tom Cruise in the crime thriller _American Made_ and creeped out Jennifer Lawrence in _mother!_ In the forthcoming _Star Wars: The Last Jedi,_ he’ll battle the Resistance as the ruthless General Hux. The copper-haired 34-year-old is clearly unafraid of venturing outside his comfort zone—if he even has one. “As an actor, you should feel like you’re wrestling the material, like it’s using up your energy and your resources. You should be drained by the process,” he says. “I think the key is not to be comfortable.”  Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Domhnall Gleeson and Richard Clifford in the film Goodbye Christopher Robin David Appleby—Twentieth Century Fox Comfortable is not how audiences will feel watching Gleeson take on Milne. Far from the child-friendly stroll in the park one might expect of a film about honey-doped Pooh, _Robin_ is a dark tale of child neglect and posttraumatic stress disorder. Gleeson stars alongside Margot Robbie, reuniting after their 2013 love story _About Time,_ about a far more functional father-son relationship. In _Robin,_ Milne’s son (Will Tilston) yearns for intimacy with his distant father, a British war hero, who is too busy promoting the characters he created to spend time with the boy who inspired them. Both Gleeson and Robbie, who is Australian, required vigorous vocal training to affect the plummy English accents of Milne and his wife Daphne. “I would recite poems with my dialogue coach to help practice my voice,” he recalls. One was Philip Larkin’s “This Be the Verse,” which begins, “They f-ck you up, your mum and dad.” Quips Gleeson: “I think it was pretty appropriate for the film.” The actor would adopt Milne’s clipped voice from the moment he woke up until the director called “cut” at the end of the day. Gleeson hopes his depiction of Milne’s strained voice conveys the character’s sense of repression. “Portraying PTSD onscreen terrified me,” he says. To prepare, he spent time researching the condition and speaking to sufferers. “I didn’t want it to come across as a melodramatic thing. I wanted it to feel contained and real.”  Domhnall Gleeson (r) and brother Brian Gleeson attend the press night after party for "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" at The National Cafe on July 24, 2017 in London, England. David M. Benett—Getty Images Gleeson’s relationship with his own father hardly mirrors the disconnect between Milne and his son. He is close with Brendan Gleeson, the award-winning actor known for films like _Braveheart_ and, alongside his son, _Harry Potter._ When Domhnall was young, he saw how much the profession fulfilled his father, which fueled his desire to become an actor. “I also knew that it was desperately difficult when you were not working,” he adds. Domhnall’s younger brother Brian is also an actor, and the pair appeared together in _mother!_ “That movie was hardcore, difficult and very stressful,” he recalls. “My brother and I absolutely went at it.” No spoilers, but suffice to say things don’t end well between them onscreen. Though this might be the year that launches Gleeson into the stratosphere, a filmography that includes the sci-fi mystery _Ex Machina_, the historical western _The Revenant_ and the epic romance _Anna Karenina_ is one an actor thrice his age would be satisfied with. What, to him, accounts for this early success? Gleeson points to a long-held, irrational belief that he would die prematurely. “I always had this strange sense that I was going to be dead by the time I hit 30 and felt this voracious desire to leave my mark before I went,” he says. “The fact I’ve made it to 34 feels bizarre.” Not that survival has driven his desire away. “I’ve just pushed the benchmark to 40 now.” Domhnall Gleeson: Goodbye Christopher Robin Interview ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4974228/domhnall-gleeson-goodbye-christopher-robin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4974228/domhnall-gleeson-goodbye-christopher-robin/"},"headline":"Domhnall Gleeson Proves Once Again That He Can Do Anything","datePublished":"2017-10-12T11:00:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:49:22.085Z","description":"'Goodbye Christopher Robin' is only the third of Gleeson's six films due out this year","url":"https://time.com/4974228/domhnall-gleeson-goodbye-christopher-robin/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c8315a7675905fa/6988e0b2fb4eac267089405c/goodbye-christopher-robin-winnie-pooh-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c8315a7675905fa/6988e0b2fb4eac267089405c/goodbye-christopher-robin-winnie-pooh-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"goodbye-christopher-robin-winnie-pooh-02","caption":"Domhnall Gleeson and Will Tilston in the film GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. 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