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Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy bring us behind the scenes on Oppenheimer

One of the most anticipated films and performances of 2023, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy as 'father of the atomic bomb' J Robert Oppenheimer.

In the video above, the writer-director and the Cork actor take us behind the scenes of their biographical thriller.

Murphy and Nolan have previously worked together on Nolan's Dunkirk, Inception, and The Dark Knight Trilogy.

Christopher Nolan (pointing) and Cillian Murphy (right) on location for Oppenheimer

With Murphy in the lead role of the theoretical physicist, Oppenheimer is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and the late Martin J Sherwin.

The cast of Oppenheimer includes Murphy's Dunkirk co-star Kenneth Branagh and his A Quiet Place Part II co-star Emily Blunt. Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, and Florence Pugh also star.

Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt in Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is due for release on Friday 21 July, less than three weeks before the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (6 August 1945) and Nagasaki (9 August 1945).

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