 In an analysis of the film in the History & Memory journal , Aileen Blaney wrote that it is Nesbitt 's real @-@ life household name status that made his portrayal of Cooper such a success . She reasoned that Nesbitt 's celebrity status mirrors that of Cooper 's in the 1970s : " A household name across Great Britain , Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic [ sic ] , Nesbitt 's widespread popular appeal is emphatically not contingent upon his Protestant Ulster identity , and consequently the double @-@ voicing of the character he plays does not alienate viewers of an alternative , or no , sectarian persuasion . " Guardian journalist Susie Steiner suggested that his appearance in Bloody Sunday was an attempt to resolve the expression of his " Irishness " on screen : " Where he has taken part in a sectarian theme , his intelligence as an actor has often been masked by an excessive , cartoon @-@ style comedy . Yet in his more successful , high @-@ profile roles , ( notably in Cold Feet , and as Pig Finn in the gently pastoral film Waking Ned ) , Nesbitt 's Irishness has been exploited for its romantic charm . It has been sugared and , in the process , de @-@ politicised . " A critic identified Bloody Sunday as Nesbitt 's " coming of age " film , and Nesbitt called it a turning point in his career . He refers to his career since the film was released as " post @-@ Bloody Sunday " . 
 In an analysis of the film in the History & Memory journal , Aileen Blaney wrote that it is Nesbitt <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>real @-@ life household name status <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>made his portrayal of Cooper such a success . She reasoned that Nesbitt <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>celebrity status mirrors that of Cooper 's in the 1970s : " A household name across Great Britain , Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic [ sic ] , Nesbitt <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>widespread popular appeal <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a> emphatically <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>not</mark></a>contingent upon his Protestant Ulster identity , and consequently the double @-@ voicing of the character he <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>plays</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>does</mark></a> not alienate <a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>viewers</mark></a> of an alternative , or no , sectarian persuasion . " Guardian journalist Susie Steiner suggested that his appearance in Bloody Sunday was an attempt to resolve the expression of his " Irishness " on screen : " Where he <a href='been_done' title='10'><mark>has</mark></a> taken part in a sectarian theme , his intelligence as an actor <a href='been_done' title='11'><mark>has</mark></a> often been masked by an excessive , cartoon @-@ style comedy . Yet in his more successful , high @-@ profile roles , ( notably in Cold Feet , and as Pig Finn in the gently pastoral film Waking Ned ) , Nesbitt <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>Irishness <a href='been_done' title='13'><mark>has</mark></a> been exploited for its romantic charm . It <a href='been_done' title='14'><mark>has</mark></a> been sugared and , in the process , de @-@ politicised . " A critic<a href='been_done' title='15'><mark></mark></a> identified Bloody Sunday as Nesbitt <a href='null_genetive' title='16'><mark>'s</mark></a>" coming of age " film , and Nesbitt called it a turning point in his career . He <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>refers</mark></a> to his career since the film was released as " post @-@ Bloody Sunday " . 
In an analysis of the film in the History & Memory journal , Aileen Blaney wrote that it is Nesbitt  real @-@ life household name status made his portrayal of Cooper such a success . She reasoned that Nesbitt  celebrity status mirrors that of Cooper 's in the 1970s : " A household name across Great Britain , Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic [ sic ] , Nesbitt  widespread popular appeal ain't emphatically contingent upon his Protestant Ulster identity , and consequently the double @-@ voicing of the character he play do not alienate no viewers of an alternative , or no , sectarian persuasion . " Guardian journalist Susie Steiner suggested dat his appearance in Bloody Sunday was an attempt to resolve the expression of his " Irishness " on screen : " Where he done taken part in a sectarian theme , his intelligence as an actor done often been masked by an excessive , cartoon @-@ style comedy . Yet in his more successful , high @-@ profile roles , ( notably in Cold Feet , and as Pig Finn in da gently pastoral film Waking Ned ) , Nesbitt  Irishness done been exploited fir its romantic charm . It done been sugared and , in tdaprocess , de @-@ politicised . " A critic done identified Bloody Sunday as Nesbitt  " commin of age " film , and Nesbitt called it a turnin point in his career . He refer to his career since thdailm was released as " post @-@ Bloody Sunday " .