Ciaran Hinds in "Mrs. Pettigrew Lives for a Day"

One of the most beloved roles of Irish character actor Ciaran Hinds is his recent take on the character of Joe Bloomfield in the 2008 film, "Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day". Read on to find out more about the pivotal part that Hinds played in bringing this story to life.

The plot of "Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day"

To understand why the role Hinds played is so pivotal to the aforementioned movie, one must first know what the movie is about. As you might have guessed, "Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day" is centered around the namesake character of Miss Pettigrew, as played by Frances McDormand. Miss Pettigrew is something of a spinster nanny who mistakenly takes a job as a social secretary for a dramatic and misguided actress. The movie follows Miss Pettigrew on her first day of the job, during which she not only befriends and helps her employer fall in love but also falls in love herself with a designer named Joe Bloomfield, played by Ciaran Hinds.

The character of Joe Bloomfield

As the leading man of the movie, Hinds depicts Joe as a handsome and romantic fellow, albeit a rather confused one. Though Joe is engaged to drama queen and fellow designer Edythe Dubarry, he is instantly and inexplicably drawn to Miss Pettigrew. In just a few short yet articulate scenes, Hinds makes the character of Joe impossible not to love, so that by the end of the movie the audience is as enamored of him as Miss Pettigrew herself.

It is clear that Ciaran Hinds felt comfortable in his role of Joe, as he has given several interviews promoting "Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day", and has gushed about his on-set satisfaction in every single one of them.