‘Party for one!’: Jamie Dornan celebrates his 38th birthday in lockdown with a game of Twister
Selma Teskeredzic
Posted On May 1, 2020
He returned to Instagram after a break of 4 years. Jamie Dornan, actor, posted a photo of himself playing Twister at home for his 38th birthday.
He uploaded the photo with the caption: ‘Birthday party for 1.’
The Wonder Woman actress, 34, recruited A-list stars including Jamie, Will Ferrell, Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Wiig and Amy Adams to take part in the video which was deemed out of touch by social media users.
Speaking on the Tea With Me podcast, Jamie admitted he was “pushed“ into the video by his friend and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar co-star Kristen Wiig but insisted Gal was ‘trying to do a good thing’.
He said: ‘Kristen and I did a movie together last summer that’s meant to be coming out on July 31 but who knows what will happen.
‘We got on brilliantly. I would do anything for her – that’s how highly I think of her. I was the biggest fan of her before anyway.
‘Not being on social media, I wasn’t aware of the reaction – but was made aware by mates,’ he added.
‘Kristen texted, “Gal and I are trying to organise this thing to lift spirits.”
He agreed to do the video and also admitted he received a text message from Kristen several days after its release apologising for getting him involved.
He said: ‘So I was like: “Of course I’ll do it”. Then she texted days later saying, “Sorry”.’
The video had a goal to lift people’s spirits during the COVID-19 lockdowns taking place in several countries around the world.
Although he has not seen any of the online criticism himself, Jamie said he could understand why some people were unimpressed with the video.
He said: ‘I’ll tell you what the problem was. I literally did mine in the toilet of my house. Quite clearly, some people had escaped to their second home.
‘There’s too much acreage in the background, too many beautiful trees swaying in the background, clearly in front of an ocean, that sort of craic. I was quite aware of that whenever I was doing it, to make it normal.’
