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Amid all this buzz for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the film’s lead Cillian Murphy has revealed that they wrapped the film in record time. During an interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Cillian Murphy revealed that the film was made at an extremely fast pace. He said, “We made the movie unbelievably quickly. We made it in 57 days. The pace of that was insane.”

<h2>Nolan's Oppenheimer was shot in 57 days</h2>

Oppenheimer was shot in a total of 57 days. By comparison, Nolan’s World War II survival thriller Dunkirk was shot in a total of 68 days. Nolan’s Tenet was shot in 96 days.&nbsp;

Oppenheimer has Cillian Murphy in majority of scenes, making the shorter schedule even more intense for the actor. Murphy added, “The sets are huge, but it feels like being on an independent movie. There’s just Chris and the cameraman — one camera always, unless there’s some huge, huge set piece — and the boom op and that’s it. There’s no video village, there’s no monitors, nothing. He’s a very analog filmmaker.”

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Interestingly, Nolan’s Oppenheimer is one of the longest films in the director’s career even though it took only 57 days to wrap. The film’s production was as such that the cast and crew of the film lived together in the same hotel. As Cillian Murphy played the role of the titular character, he stayed away from the others in the hotel and never joined fellow cast mates for dinner.&nbsp;

<h2>Cillian Murphy has starred in several Nolan films</h2>

Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy have a longstanding relationship and have worked on several films together. They have worked on three Batman films, Inception, Dunkirk and now Oppenheimer which is ready to release on July 21.&nbsp;

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Amid all this buzz for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the film’s lead Cillian Murphy has revealed that they wrapped the film in record time. During an interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Cillian Murphy revealed that the film was made at an extremely fast pace.

Amid all this buzz for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the film’s lead Cillian Murphy has revealed that they wrapped the film in record time. During an interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Cillian Murphy revealed that the film was made at an extremely fast pace. He said, “We made the movie unbelievably quickly. We made it in 57 days. The pace of that was insane.” Nolan's Oppenheimer was shot in 57 days Oppenheimer was shot in a total of 57 days. By comparison, Nolan’s World War II survival thriller Dunkirk was shot in a total of 68 days. Nolan’s Tenet was shot in 96 days. Oppenheimer has Cillian Murphy in majority of scenes, making the shorter schedule even more intense for the actor. Murphy added, “The sets are huge, but it feels like being on an independent movie. There’s just Chris and the cameraman — one camera always, unless there’s some huge, huge set piece — and the boom op and that’s it. There’s no video village, there’s no monitors, nothing. He’s a very analog filmmaker.” Also read: 90,000 Oppenheimer tickets & 16,000 Barbie tickets have already been sold in India Interestingly, Nolan’s Oppenheimer is one of the longest films in the director’s career even though it took only 57 days to wrap. The film’s production was as such that the cast and crew of the film lived together in the same hotel. As Cillian Murphy played the role of the titular character, he stayed away from the others in the hotel and never joined fellow cast mates for dinner. Cillian Murphy has starred in several Nolan films Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy have a longstanding relationship and have worked on several films together. They have worked on three Batman films, Inception, Dunkirk and now Oppenheimer which is ready to release on July 21. Also read: Before Oppenheimer, a definitive ranking of every Christopher Nolan movie WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

Cillian Murphy reveals Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer was shot in total 57 days

The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, Oppenheimer, Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief. The Irish actor, though a regular presence in Nolan films going back almost two decades, had always been a supporting player. This time Nolan wanted him to lead.

“He’s so understated and self-deprecating and, in his very English manner, just said, ‘Listen, I’ve written this script, it’s about Oppenheimer. I’d like you to be my Oppenheimer,’” Murphy, 46, told The Associated Press recently. “It was a great day.”

For Murphy, it is never not exciting to get a call from Nolan. It’s just hard to predict if he’s going to. He knows there are some movies he’s right for and some movies he isn’t.

“I have always said publicly and privately, to Chris, that if I’m available and you want me to be in a movie, I’m there. I don’t really care about the size of the part,” he said. “But deep down, secretly, I was desperate to play a lead for him.”

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Murphy first met Nolan in 2003. He was brought in to screen test for Batman —not just the movie, the character. Murphy knew he wasn’t right for the Dark Knight, but he wanted to meet the man who’d directed Insomnia and Memento. They hit it off and Murphy got to tap into a sinister intensity to play the corrupt psychiatrist Dr. Crane/Scarecrow, who would go on to appear in all three films. Nolan would also call on Murphy to be the conflicted heir to a business empire in Inception and a traumatised soldier in Dunkirk.

“We have this long-standing understanding and trust and shorthand and respect,” Murphy said. “It felt like the right time to take on a bigger responsibility. And it just so happened that it was a (expletive) huge one.”

Soon after the phone call, Nolan flew to Dublin to meet Murphy to hand him a physical copy of the script, which he devoured right there in Nolan’s hotel room in September 2020. It was, he said, the best he’d ever read.

Then the scale of it started to sink in.

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This would be a film about the charismatic and controversial theoretical physicist who helped create the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer and his peers at Los Alamos would test it on July 16, 1945, not knowing what was going to happen. Then several weeks later the United States would drop those bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving many with lifelong injuries.

As Nolan said last week in Las Vegas, “Like it or not J. Robert Oppenheimer is the most important person who ever lived.”

Oppenheimer, which opens in theaters on July 21, features a starry cast including Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer’s wife Kitty, Matt Damon as Leslie Groves Jr., Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Gary Oldman as Harry S. Truman, and many more rounding out the pivotal players in and around this tense moment in history.

“You realise this is a huge responsibility. He was complicated and contradictory and so iconic,” Murphy said. “But you know you’re with one of the great directors of all time. I felt confident going into it with Chris. He’s had a profound impact on my life, creatively and professionally. He’s offered me very interesting roles over and I’ve found all of them really challenging. And I just love being on his sets.”

Murphy continued: “Any actor would want to be on a Chris Nolan set, just to see how it works and to witness his command of the language of film and the mechanics of film and how he’s able to use that broad canvas within the mainstream studio system to make these very challenging human stories.”

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Over the years, Murphy has come to appreciate that with Nolan there’s always something deeper to discover than what’s literally on the page. Dunkirk, he recalled, was only 70 pages and there wasn’t much to his character, not even a name.

“He said, ’Look, let’s figure it out together and you and me can find an emotional journey for the character. And we did it. We did it out in the water on that boat. That comes from trust and respect,” Murphy said. “I’m really proud of that performance.”

As with all Nolan endeavors, secrecy around Oppenheimer is vitally important. Murphy loves the “old fashioned approach” that builds interest and anticipation.

The difference with Oppenheimer and other Nolan originals, though, is that this is rooted in historical fact. You can read the book it’s based on, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. You can watch the 1981 documentary The Day After Trinity&nbsp;on The Criterion Channel.

And you can try to parse Nolan’s words for clues. He’s talked about recreating the Trinity Test, the fascinating paradoxes, the twists, turns and ethical dilemmas and that the story is cinematic and both dream and nightmare. But ultimately, it’s something that just needs to be seen.

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“The question will be how Chris presents it,” Murphy said. “I think people will be very surprised and wowed by what he does. Anything I say will just seem a bit lame as compared to seeing this in an IMAX theater.”

The time for discussions will be after the movie comes out.

“There’s an awful lot to talk about when we can talk freely,” Murphy said with a smile.

He did offer up that they worked hard to get Oppenheimer’s look right, from the silhouette to the pipe to the porkpie hat. The man, he said, “seemed aware of his own potential mythology.” But, again, those conversations will have to wait.

“I’m really proud of the movie and I’m really proud of what Chris has achieved. This was, for sure, a special one, certainly because of the history with me and Chris. We were not walking around the set high fiving, but it did feel special.” Murphy said. “It’s an event every time he releases a film, and rightly so. Whether I’m in them or not, I always go to see his movies.”

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The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, Oppenheimer, Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief. The Irish actor, though a regular presence in Nolan films going back almost two decades, had always been a supporting player.

The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, Oppenheimer, Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief. The Irish actor, though a regular presence in Nolan films going back almost two decades, had always been a supporting player. This time Nolan wanted him to lead. “He’s so understated and self-deprecating and, in his very English manner, just said, ‘Listen, I’ve written this script, it’s about Oppenheimer. I’d like you to be my Oppenheimer,’” Murphy, 46, told The Associated Press recently. “It was a great day.” For Murphy, it is never not exciting to get a call from Nolan. It’s just hard to predict if he’s going to. He knows there are some movies he’s right for and some movies he isn’t. “I have always said publicly and privately, to Chris, that if I’m available and you want me to be in a movie, I’m there. I don’t really care about the size of the part,” he said. “But deep down, secretly, I was desperate to play a lead for him.” Murphy first met Nolan in 2003. He was brought in to screen test for Batman —not just the movie, the character. Murphy knew he wasn’t right for the Dark Knight, but he wanted to meet the man who’d directed Insomnia and Memento. They hit it off and Murphy got to tap into a sinister intensity to play the corrupt psychiatrist Dr. Crane/Scarecrow, who would go on to appear in all three films. Nolan would also call on Murphy to be the conflicted heir to a business empire in Inception and a traumatised soldier in Dunkirk. “We have this long-standing understanding and trust and shorthand and respect,” Murphy said. “It felt like the right time to take on a bigger responsibility. And it just so happened that it was a (expletive) huge one.” Soon after the phone call, Nolan flew to Dublin to meet Murphy to hand him a physical copy of the script, which he devoured right there in Nolan’s hotel room in September 2020. It was, he said, the best he’d ever read. Then the scale of it started to sink in. Also Read: Explained | The mind of Oppenheimer, inventor of nuclear bomb who turned pacifist This would be a film about the charismatic and controversial theoretical physicist who helped create the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer and his peers at Los Alamos would test it on July 16, 1945, not knowing what was going to happen. Then several weeks later the United States would drop those bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving many with lifelong injuries. As Nolan said last week in Las Vegas, “Like it or not J. Robert Oppenheimer is the most important person who ever lived.” Oppenheimer, which opens in theaters on July 21, features a starry cast including Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer’s wife Kitty, Matt Damon as Leslie Groves Jr., Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Gary Oldman as Harry S. Truman, and many more rounding out the pivotal players in and around this tense moment in history. “You realise this is a huge responsibility. He was complicated and contradictory and so iconic,” Murphy said. “But you know you’re with one of the great directors of all time. I felt confident going into it with Chris. He’s had a profound impact on my life, creatively and professionally. He’s offered me very interesting roles over and I’ve found all of them really challenging. And I just love being on his sets.” Murphy continued: “Any actor would want to be on a Chris Nolan set, just to see how it works and to witness his command of the language of film and the mechanics of film and how he’s able to use that broad canvas within the mainstream studio system to make these very challenging human stories.” Over the years, Murphy has come to appreciate that with Nolan there’s always something deeper to discover than what’s literally on the page. Dunkirk, he recalled, was only 70 pages and there wasn’t much to his character, not even a name. “He said, ’Look, let’s figure it out together and you and me can find an emotional journey for the character. And we did it. We did it out in the water on that boat. That comes from trust and respect,” Murphy said. “I’m really proud of that performance.” As with all Nolan endeavors, secrecy around Oppenheimer is vitally important. Murphy loves the “old fashioned approach” that builds interest and anticipation. The difference with Oppenheimer and other Nolan originals, though, is that this is rooted in historical fact. You can read the book it’s based on, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. You can watch the 1981 documentary The Day After Trinity on The Criterion Channel. And you can try to parse Nolan’s words for clues. He’s talked about recreating the Trinity Test, the fascinating paradoxes, the twists, turns and ethical dilemmas and that the story is cinematic and both dream and nightmare. But ultimately, it’s something that just needs to be seen. Also Read: Oppenheimer: Christopher Nolan goes nuclear at CinemaCon, screens new footage “The question will be how Chris presents it,” Murphy said. “I think people will be very surprised and wowed by what he does. Anything I say will just seem a bit lame as compared to seeing this in an IMAX theater.” The time for discussions will be after the movie comes out. “There’s an awful lot to talk about when we can talk freely,” Murphy said with a smile. He did offer up that they worked hard to get Oppenheimer’s look right, from the silhouette to the pipe to the porkpie hat. The man, he said, “seemed aware of his own potential mythology.” But, again, those conversations will have to wait. “I’m really proud of the movie and I’m really proud of what Chris has achieved. This was, for sure, a special one, certainly because of the history with me and Chris. We were not walking around the set high fiving, but it did feel special.” Murphy said. “It’s an event every time he releases a film, and rightly so. Whether I’m in them or not, I always go to see his movies.” WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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