During the COVID-19 pandemic, images of a national lockdown in the United Kingdom and stay-at-home orders elsewhere were compared to the opening sequence of 28 Days Later. In 2021, Megan Burns said of the film, "When I joined the cast of 28 Days Later I had no idea of how big a cultural impact it would have and what a game-changer it would be to the 'zombie' genre. Even now after all these years, (or perhaps especially now with the current situation,) people want to talk about the film and that's incredible." Director Christopher Nolan said he cast Murphy as Scarecrow in Batman Begins (2005) after being impressed by his performance in 28 Days Later.
during the covid-19 pandemic images of a national lockdown in the united kingdom and stay-at-home orders elsewhere were compared to the opening sequence of 28 days later in 2021 megan burns said of the film "when i joined the cast of 28 days later i had no idea of how big a cultural impact it would have and what a game-changer it would be to the 'zombie' genre even now after all these years (or perhaps especially now with the current situation) people want to talk about the film and that's incredible" director christopher nolan said he cast murphy as scarecrow in batman begins (2005) after being impressed by his performance in 28 days later