“I don’t want it. I don’t not want it,” he told me exclusively backstage at the SAG Awards. “We all left it in the ring in those eight hours. I would hate to, just because of a quote-unquote success, have to go again and for it to be a diluted version of what people seem to feel it is, majoritively. So I’m in no rush. I have no deep desire to do it. … Sure, if they think of something that works in conjunction as a parallel to Matt Reeves’ cinematic universe and it’s a good idea, I’m open to it. But it’s not something concerning me.”
Farrell had no plans to celebrate his SAG Awards win late into the night. “It’s just a really lovely moment in time,” he said. “Enjoy it as such, and then move on. I’ll be in my pajamas in exactly 105 minutes from now, ordering Postmates and watching Episode 10 of ‘Shōgun’ with my kid while the after-party is on.”