This week horror fans got a first trailer for one of the genre’s most anticipated upcoming releases: 28 Years Later, the long-awaited next installment in Danny Boyle and Alex Garland ‘s zombie saga. It shows a world still in post-apocalyptic chaos decades after the dead began walking,

When the first trailer for the major new horror movie, 28 Years Later, was unveiled this week, fans thought they’d spotted the original star of the series, Cillian Murphy, in a very unexpected role. In one clip, a collection of dead zombies are propped up, like scarecrows, and one bears a striking resemblance to Murphy.

Fans hoping to see a zombified Cillian Murphy reprise the role of Jim in Danny Boyle’s upcoming 28 Days Later sequel might be in for a disappointment. An art dealer has come forward as the emaciated zombie bearing a striking resemblance to Murphy that made a brief appearance in the 28 Years Later trailer released on Tuesday.

This is an emaciated zombie from the new 28 Years Later trailer. It looks sort of, kinda, maybe like an emaciated Cillian Murphy, the star of the first movie. It turns out that is not an emaciated Cillian Murphy,

Fans immediately speculated that the 28 Days Later star might be reprising his role as Jim in the new installment

The internet went wild for Cillian Murphy as a zombie, but it seems people have bitten off more than they can chew. When the 28 Years Later trailer dropped on Tuesday, a glimpse of a lookalike zombie sparked fevered speculation that the film would feature an undead Murphy.

The internet reacted with a mix of excitement and horror at the prospect that the zombie in the 28 Years Later trailer was Cillian Murphy, given it would have confirmed a sad fate