Beloved Irish actor Cillian Murphy's fans took to social media in their thousands after the Oscars to complain about what he "had to go through" on stage on Sunday night

Ralph Fiennes inhabited the role in several of the Harry Potter films and has previously given his blessing to Murphy taking over the part.

Cillian Murphy at a far more relaxed time at the Oscars this year, compared to his historic win last year. Murphy and the rest of his Oppenheimer cast and crew dominated the awards last year, but he wasn't nominated this time around.

Murphy was still on stage after handing off the Oscar to Adrien Brody. Murphy's reaction to Brody's speech going long as gone viral on social media