Christopher Nolan has created a plethora of movies throughout his career in Hollywood and is revered as one of the finest directors in the world. From movies like Memento to Interstellar, the director has explored several genres over the years and has excelled in them.
There was a fact stated by Robert Downey Jr. that Christopher Nolan wouldn’t ask something of an actor that he cannot do twice as hard. Cillian Murphy attested to the fact and recalled a story while shooting Dunkirk and how Christopher Nolan let his inner Tom Cruise out!
Christopher Nolan Let His Inner Tom Cruise Out While Filming Dunkirk
Filming Oppenheimer, the trio of Emilly Blunt, Cillian Murphy, and, Robert Downey Jr. appeared in many interviews and talks regarding the film. While talking about the film and its director, Downey Jr. mentioned how Christopher Nolan had a certain set pattern.
In an interview with Vanity Fair (via Instagram), Downey Jr. stated that Christopher Nolan wouldn’t expect an actor to do something that he himself couldn’t do twice as hard. Cillian Murphy, the lead star of Oppenheimer attested to that statement and recalled his own experience while working with Nolan on the sets of Dunkirk.
“I remember we were doing a scene on ‘Dunkirk’. Do you remember that scene where my character’s found on the bow of this sunken vessel? I remember all the marine guys and all the stunt guys were very unsure about me getting up there. It was very kind of bad weather.”
Cillian Murphy continued,
“And Chris was like, ‘Okay, I’ll get up there.’ So, he got up there, did it all, and they checked it out with him doing it. And then he was like, ‘Okay, put Cillian up there then.’ That’s just one example. There’s so many of them.”
Although being a veteran director, Christopher Nolan seems to have a superpower that helped him with the creation of one of the most iconic movies of all time, Inception.
Christopher Nolan Has A Superpower!
From directing Following to Christopher Nolan directing the iconic 2010 film Inception, the director came a long way. During an interview with James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction (via YouTube), the director revealed that breakfast and lucid dreams were the inspiration for the story!
“A lot of the inspiration for Inception was from a period of my life when I was in university and didn’t have much money and breakfast was free. I would go to bed at four in the morning or something – set my alarm up, wake up to get into breakfast – go back to sleep, so then you’re in this sleep state where it becomes possible to be very aware of the fact that you’re dreaming and I would experiment with trying to control the dream and trying to make something.”
He further continued,
“It was frustrating and the occasional moment where you get something to work and you’re able to actually channel your dreaming – lucid dreaming. That’s the superpower.”
With director Christopher Nolan joining ranks with Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception received a rating of 8.8/10 on IMDB and a rating of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie earned 4 Oscars in various categories and is hailed as one of the best Nolan movies of all time. The 2010 film is available to stream on Peacock Premium in the U.S.
