{"id":499470,"date":"2026-06-14T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499470\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:26:10","slug":"eve-hewson-says-being-raised-by-u2s-bono-took-fame-off-of-a-pedestal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/499470\/","title":{"rendered":"Eve Hewson says being raised by U2\u2019s Bono took fame \u2018off of a pedestal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Eve Hewson has said growing up with rockstar father, U2\u2019s Bono, has taken fame \u201coff of a pedestal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old, who stars in Bad Sisters and the newly released Steven Spielberg blockbuster, Disclosure Day, said wanting to be famous is the \u201cdumbest thing on the planet\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Raised by Bono and her activist mother Ali Hewson, the Irish actress said she does not understand why being famous is so celebrated, especially when it comes at the cost of privacy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"960\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eve-hewson-says-being-raised-by-u2-s-bono-took-fame-off-of-a-pedestal.jpg\" alt=\"Disclosure Day UK premiere\" data-title=\"Disclosure Day UK premiere\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Eve Hewson attends the Disclosure Day UK premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square in central London (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The Times about growing up with a famous dad, she said: \u201cI think it took (fame) off of a pedestal for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the dumbest thing on the planet to want to be famous. You\u2019re losing all your privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re putting yourself up for so much criticism. I don\u2019t know why we celebrate it so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to explain that the family link has made it easier for her to get into the film and TV business, however, feels she often has more to prove as a result.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cPeople really don\u2019t take you seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re going into castings and meeting with directors, you can really feel that. So you have to power through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely easier to get into the business, harder to be taken seriously. And that\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"960\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781454370_106_eve-hewson-says-being-raised-by-u2-s-bono-took-fame-off-of-a-pedestal.jpg\" alt=\"The 85th Academy Awards \u2013 21st Annual Sir Elton John Oscar Party \u2013 Los Angeles\" data-title=\"The 85th Academy Awards \u2013 21st Annual Sir Elton John Oscar Party \u2013 Los Angeles\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Tony DiMaio\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Bono and daughter Eve Hewson arriving for 2013 Elton John Aids Foundation Oscar Party held at West Hollywood Park in West Hollywood, Los Angeles (Tony DiMaio\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Hewson stars alongside The Crown\u2019s Josh O\u2019Connor, Pride And Prejudice actor Colin Firth, A Quiet Place star Emily Blunt and Euphoria actor Colman Domingo in Spielberg\u2019s sci-fi conspiracy blockbuster.<\/p>\n<p>She also appeared in 2024\u2019s whodunnit series, The Perfect Couple, alongside Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Meghann Fahy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Eve Hewson has said growing up with rockstar father, U2\u2019s Bono, has taken fame \u201coff of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-499470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}