He played for Nolan six times. He dreamed of starring

Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy have been together for nearly 20 years. The actor played in the films of the director six times, but only in the next title role “Oppenheimer”. In one recent interview, Murphy revealed that he was very anxious to finally get out of line on the Nolan film.

Cillian Murphy on collaborating with Christopher Nolan

I’ve always said that, both publicly and privately, if I’m available and he wants me in his movie, I’m ready. No matter the size of the role. But deep down Secretly, I wanted to play the main role with himCillian Murphy, who starred in three Nolan Batman movies as well as “Inception,” “Dunkirk” and “Oppenheimer,” admitted this.

The actor also revealed how the director offered him a role in his latest movie: He is very subtle and has a distance between himself. He told me in his very English way: “Look, I wrote this script, it’s about Oppenheimer. I hope you’re my Oppenheimer.”. It was an amazing day. We understand each other without words and respect each other. It’s time to take on more responsibility.

I realized that it was already a huge responsibility. Oppenheimer was very complex and full of contradictions. It’s an iconadded Murphy, describing his character. But you know you’re working with one of the best directors ever. So I felt very confident in starting this project with Chris. he She had a huge impact on my life, both artistically and personally. He always gave me very interesting roles and each one was a challenge. I just love being in his group.

I think everyone will be surprised and happy with what he did this time. Whatever I’m saying will sound pale compared to watching the movie in an IMAX theatreThe actor concluded.

“Oppenheimer” – what will be Nolan’s new movie?

The film’s title character is physicist Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), who led the infamous Manhattan Project during World War II. The purpose of the secret program funded by the US government was to create the first fully functional and controllable nuclear weapons. For this reason, Oppenheimer, who died in 1967, is sometimes called the father of the atomic bomb. The screenplay, written by Nolan himself, is based on the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bard and Martin J. Sherwin.

The film crew, in addition to Murphy, also includes m.in. Matt Damon Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt, Josh Hartnett, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Gary Oldman, Casey Affleck, Benny Safdie, Dean DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Alden Ehrenreich, David Dastmalchian and Kenneth Branagh.

Polish premiere of the film: July 21.