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‘Oppenheimer’: Cillian Murphy On His “Instinctual” Approach, The “Genius” Of Christopher Nolan & Some Bowie Inspiration


For Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy plunged deep into the mind and physicality of an iconic scientist that irrevocably changed our world. At once complex, conflicting, stylish and brilliant, Oppenheime…

At once complex, conflicting, stylish and brilliant, Oppenheimer’s life and work is not an immediately obvious choice for an epic blockbuster subject. And yet, Christopher Nolan’s decision to ask his longtime collaborator Murphy to step into the physicist’s shoes resulted in a cinematic experience that would outstrip every superhero movie at the box office last year. I even spoke to Kip Thorne, who was the science advisor on this movie and who worked on Interstellar with Chris — he was lectured by Oppenheimer when he was a young man.

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