Oppenheimer, about the father of the atomic bomb, comes to theaters in July.
Christopher Nolan says in an Entertainment Weekly story that he hired actual scientists for his Oppenheimer movie. The scientists also acted as extras in the filming of the film to give some scenes a sense of reality.
“We filmed in Los Alamos and had many scientists as extras. I wanted the crowd to improvise, react naturally and make expert speeches. Usually, extras in crowd scenes are mostly thinking about the next lunch break. In this case, they had in mind the geopolitical consequences of actual nuclear weapons, which they knew a great deal about. We wanted to be faithful to history.”
Cillian Murphy, father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert in the title role of the film about Oppenheimer. Also starring are Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Michael Angarano, Josh Hartnett, and Kenneth Branagh.
The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Byrd and the late Martin J. Sherwin.
Oppenheimer will premiere on July 21.
