There’s nothing that screams Friday night quite like settling down for the evening and tuning into The Graham Norton Show - I love it. From Norton’s always A-list sofa to his quippy questions and witty repartee, it is the gold standard in TV talk shows.

Last Friday Blitz star Saoirse Ronan appeared on the iconic red couch alongside Gladiator II actors Denzel Washington and Paul Mescal and Day of the Jackal leading man Eddie Redmayne.

Redmayne began discussing his experience of working with a combat expert for his new show. He revealed that he was shown how to use a phone as a weapon should he be attacked. This provoked some joviality, with Mescal riffing on the absurdity – “Who’s actually going to do that, though?”

Ronan, however, was trying to say something and, after initially getting honked over, managed to cut through with a line for the ages: “That’s what girls have to think about all the time”.

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