Overview

• Deadline released an exclusive behind-the-scenes video in which Murphy discusses shaping the character and salutes teachers and carers.
• Steve premiered at TIFF, had a two-week theatrical run, and landed on Netflix over the weekend.
• The film holds a 77% Rotten Tomatoes score and has topped Netflix’s movie chart in Ireland since its streaming debut.
• Murphy says the role felt bespoke and required “no acting,” citing his family’s deep roots in education as key to his connection.
• Set in the mid-1990s over a pivotal day, the story follows a reform-school headteacher confronting a threatened closure and his own mental health, with Jay Lycurgo’s Shy featured alongside Tracey Ullman, Simbi Ajikawo, and Emily Watson.