Cillian Murphy performs the 'father of the atomic bomb' that ended World Warfare II within the first teaser trailer for 'Oppenheimer.'
The primary teaser of Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming movie Oppenheimer was launched on July 28. The teaser trailer options Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of many leaders of the Manhattan Mission, which created the primary nuclear weapons throughout World Warfare II.
The teaser options little precise Oppenheimer, however we do hear loads of the characters. “That is your second,” Oppenheimer’s spouse, performed by Emily Blunt, says. One particular person tells Oppenheimer that “you gave them the ability to destroy themselves,” whereas one other calls him “most vital man who ever lived.”
The trailer ends with a short black-and-white glimpse of Cillian as Oppenheimer. Robert Downey Jr., who performs U.S. Atomic Vitality Fee chairman Lewis Strauss declares that Oppenheimer is the “man who moved the earth.”
The A-list solid additionally consists of Matt Damon as US Military Corps of Engineers officer Leslie Groves, and Florence Pugh as Oppenheimer’s lover, Jean Tatlock. Rami Malek,Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, and Josh Hartnett additionally star.
Set for launch on July 21, 2023, Oppenheimer marks the fourth collaboration between Cillian and the director. Cillian beforehand starred in Nolan’s movies Batman Begins, Inception, and Dunkirk. That is the primary time that Cillian has had the lead function in a Nolan-directed mission.
“I’ll all the time flip up for Chris, regardless of the dimension of the half,” Cillian informed Selection in February 2022. “Chris will name me up and I’m there. Isn’t it fantastic that filmmakers are nonetheless making difficult, demanding movies throughout the studio system, shot on movie? I assume he’s flying the flag. Him, Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino are incredible filmmakers making attention-grabbing work on an enormous scale.”
Cillian additionally beforehand shared that he did “an terrible lot of studying” to arrange for his function in Oppenheimer. “I’m within the man and what [inventing the atomic bomb] does to the person,” he informed The Guardian. “The mechanics of it, that’s not likely for me — I don’t have the mental functionality to know them, however these contradictory characters are fascinating.”