christopher nolan latest movie oppenheimer, his first attempt at bringing real people to life on screen. This feature film J. Describes the life of Robert Oppenheimer, his journey to create nuclear weapons, and its consequences. Inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy, J. by Robert OppenheimerMartin J. The two bombs to which the American physicist is related were dropped, by Sherwin and Kai Byrd hiroshima and nagasakI, ending World War II and killing over 200,000 people.
See more
screenwriter and director Christopher Nolan Began the mammoth task of portraying these real people on the big screen with the help of casting director John Papsidera, who cast some of Hollywood’s biggest names in the film. Here’s a look at the actors, actresses and the actual characters they played oppenheimer,
Cillian Murphy J. Robert Oppenheimer is
actor of peaky blinders He plays the protagonist, “the father of the atomic bomb.” The film marks the sixth collaboration between the two cillian murphy and Nolan, although this is his first time as a lead character. To prepare, he read extensively about Oppenheimer and dropped massive weights to show how lean he actually looked.
Emily Blunt is Catherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer
Katherine Puening was a German-American biologist and botanist whose J.J. Was married three times before her marriage to Robert Oppenheimer. actress in nolan’s film Emily Blunt (a peaceful place, Kitty plays. As reported in the media, Blunt met with Nolan in Los Angeles and immediately accepted when the director offered him the role.
robert downey jr is louis strauss
actor of hombre de hierro Lewis Strauss played the role, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, who played a key role in Oppenheimer’s downfall. While Oppenheimer opposed the use of the hydrogen bomb and proposed a national security strategy based on nuclear weapons and continental defense, Strauss advocated the development of thermonuclear weapons and the principle of deterrence. In his first collaboration with Nolan, explain Robert Downey Jr. As an antagonist, he has received a lot of praise from the audience and critics.
Matt Damon is Leslie Groves
Matt Damon plays General Leslie Groves, who was the director of the Manhattan Project in real life. Apparently, the actor temporarily dropped the interpretation after the film. Air, as a result of agreements reached between him and his wife during their couple’s therapy. Nevertheless, the star of Mars planet He acknowledged Nolan’s project as an exception.
Florence Pugh is Jean Tatlock
actress of little Women Florence Pugh American psychiatrist gives life to Jean Tatlock. In real life, Tatlock and Oppenheimer began a relationship in 1936 after meeting at a party they both attended. He turned down two marriage proposals from Oppenheimer before marrying Catherine Puening.
Tom Conti is Albert Einstein
scottish actors Tom Conti plays the famous physicist Albert Einstein, The German, known for his theory of relativity, was instrumental in starting the Manhattan Project and even wrote a letter to President Roosevelt in 1939 asking the United States government about possible German research into nuclear weapons. Was warned.
Josh Peck is Kenneth Bainbridge
American interpreter symbolizes physicist kenneth bainbridge, member of the Manhattan Project, which developed the world’s first nuclear weapon. Bainbridge oversaw the Trinity nuclear test in 1945 and is known to have said “Now we’re all sons of bitches” when the experiment was successful.
Josh Hartnett is Ernest Lawrence
josh harnett He appears as physicist Ernest Lawrence, a friend of Oppenheimer who is best known for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 after inventing the cyclotron, which was used during the Manhattan Project. In addition to reading about Lawrence, the interpreter was inspired by Lawrence as his great-uncle, a royal physicist.
Rami Malek is David Hill
David L. Hill, although a physicist and head of the Federation of American Scientists, was best known for his testimony against the appointment of Lewis Strauss as US Secretary of Commerce in 1959, which is also dramatized in Nolan’s film . actor rami malek ,Mr. Robot, Bohemian Rhapsody) was in charge of giving life to it.
Benny Safdie is Edward Taylor
The father of the hydrogen bomb is brought to life by American director, actor, editor and screenwriter pigtail safi, She was cast after Nolan checked Safdie’s references with the director. Paul Thomas Andersonwho worked with him Licorice Pizza,
Kenneth Branagh is Niels Bohr
This is his third collaboration with Christopher Nolan after dunkirk And PrincipleBranagh plays Niels Bohr, a Danish physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his seminal contributions to the understanding of atomic structure and quantum theory.
jack quaid is richard feynman
actor jack quaid In the film, he plays Richard P. Feynman, one of the youths who worked on the Manhattan Project and helped develop the atomic bomb. Feynman was one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics.
Gary Oldman Harry S. Truman is
to the US President Harry S. Gary Oldman as Trumanwho have already worked with Nolan on the trilogy dark Knight In the role of Commissioner Gordon. This isn’t the first time that a British actor is playing the role of the President; his portrait of winston churchill darkest hour He got an Oscar in 2018.
This article was originally published on GQ India.