Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is one of the biggest movies that came out of 2023 with exceptional performances from Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, and more. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the story follows the life of an American theoretical physicist who is also known as the ‘father of the atomic bomb’.
The movie that is recorded as the third highest-grossing movie of 2023 is considered one of the front-runners for the Academy Awards 2024. Oppenheimer has received critical acclaim for its screenplay, score, visuals, and performances of the actors. Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy shared about their experience of working with Christopher Nolan.
Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy talk about their first day on the sets of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer
During an interview with BFI, Emily Blunt who plays Kitty Oppenheimer, and Cillian Murphy who plays the titular character were asked about their experience of working on Oppenheimer. The interviewer asked the two brilliant actors about their first day on the set and Emily Blunt shared,
“ Chris doesn’t want to heighten your already heightened nerves. He knows exactly how to neutralize the energy of the actors coming in, because I think we’re all bricking it a bit, we’re all scared. It’s day one and your nerves are vibrating at a higher level than I feel they are on day two or day three. He wants to just take all this sense of ceremony out of it.”
The actress added that the filmmaker makes sure that everything’s very casual, conversational, private, intimate mentioning that it’s very understated and takes the edge off the panic. Emily Blunt noted,
“He manages to cancel out all the noise and chaos from your experience. And I recognize he must have been holding a tempest in his brain every day, and you just saw none of it.”
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Cillian Murphy chimed in saying that Christopher Nolan is the most unflappable adding that he’d do exactly what a leader should do and he knows what he needs. Murphy shared that the director is incredibly calm and people are devoted to him mentioning that his crew would walk through fire for him.
Emily Blunt compliments Christopher Nolan for being a precise writer
The actors were asked if there were any changes in the script that took place or any improvisation to which she admits that she does not think that there was any need to rewrite or improve anything. She added that Christopher Nolan is so precise as a writer adding he is precise and yet never safe. She explains,
“I don’t know what I could have brought, dialogue-wise, that wasn’t there. Although I will say he’s always very open to where you want to be in the scene here. I feel like, ‘Maybe here, can I start here or can we stand here?’”
Murphy chimed in by saying that he’s very free by adding that the script is the film, which is very rare. He shared that there is no rewriting no cutting no deleted scenes or no rearranging. The actor who is one of the front runners for the Academy Awards 2024 added to the conversation that the architecture, the whole thing, the dialogue everything is what the script said.
Peaky Blinders actor noted that he and Robert Downey Jr. who played Levis Straus in the movie were allowed to improvise there, or maybe Nolan was encouraging them to improvise. The actor mentioned that it helped energize the scene in a really interesting way for them.
The Devil Wears Prada actress also shared that Nolan was so moved by the fact that how many characters had read the book and understood what he wanted to portray on-screen with dialogues that were provided.
Oppenheimer is streaming on Peacock.
