So we have a new casting update on Christopher Nolan's next film, Oppenheimer, and it includes
3 new actors who have signed on to play roles in the auteur blockbuster director's
latest project.
In this video, I'm going to be discussing the news that Florence Pugh, Rami Malek and
Benny Safdie have all officially joined the film alongside my thoughts
towards it.
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But without further ado, let's dive into the new confirmed castings for Christopher Nolan's
Oppenheimer.
So new actors have been cast in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer and according to The Hollywood
Reporter and Deadline, Florence Pugh, who starred in Black Widow and Midsommar,
Rami Malek, from No Time to Die and Bohemian Rhapsody and actor plus filmmaker Benny Safdie
from Licorice Pizza and Good Time, have all joined the cast of the director's new
film.
They will join a so far stacked cast which includes Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert
Downey Jr and Emily Blunt, which with Dune Part 2 in 2023 is going to be a film that
is full of talent on display.
Of course, we already know that the film has been written by Nolan and he will direct it,
telling the historic story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian, the scientist behind the
Manhattan Project, which led to the atomic bomb's invention.
The World War 2 epic is currently scheduled to release on July the 21st,
2023, a traditional time period and date that Nolan has been assigned in the past.
And speaking on it being a world war 2 epic, Universal Pictures had called the film in
a previous announcement, an “epic thriller
that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk
destroying the world in order to save it.”
Already this is shaping up to be a Nolan film which is reflective of the stories he likes
to tell but it brings about opportunities to really play with the genre and bring
filmmaking which as always raises the bar.
But coming to who these new additions are playing, let's go through every casting so
far and briefly discuss their roles.
As we know, Cillian Murphy is leading the cast,
portraying the theoretical physicist who aided the development of the atomic bomb during
World War II.
But alongside him, as spoken in The Hollywood Reporter, Florence Pugh will
apparently play Jean Tatlock, a member of the Communist Party of the United States who
has an off-and-on affair with Oppenheimer and was the cause of major security concerns
for government officials.
Also stated in the article is that Benny Safdie will play Edward Teller, the Hungarian physicist
who is known as the father of the hydrogen bomb and a
member of the Manhattan Project, the U.S. research initiative that developed the first
atomic bomb.
And Rami Malek is playing an unnamed scientist, with no other details shared
for that particular role.
Some of the other roles previously announced were Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer’s wife,
Katherine Oppenheimer and Matt Damon as Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves,
the director of the Manhattan Project.
Robert Downey Jr is also playing Lewis Strauss, the infamous chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission who initiated hearings that questioned Oppenheimer’s loyalty to the
United States and famously had the scientist’s security clearance revoked.
This is something I talked about in a previous video, stating
that Downey Jr would be playing a somewhat antagonist within the events that occurred.
But so far with all of those roles pretty much confirmed, it makes me wonder who else
is going to join this already huge list.
Alongside writing and directing these famous roles, Nolan's wife Emma Thomas will once
again act as a big creative partner in producing the
effort and Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment will also produce.
The film is based on American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin.
The book won the Pulitzer Prize and was published in 2005.
So with those details from The Hollywood Reporter, what do I think of all the casting announcements
so far and in particular, the addition of Florence Pugh, Rami Malek and
Benny Safdie.
Well, like I was suggesting, this cast is turning out to be a big one.
It's packed with performers who have delivered great results, and while I wasn't a fan of
say Rami Malek in No Time To Die, I can't deny how good of an actor he is.
Also, Christopher Nolan is notorious for getting the best out of his actors.
Harry Styles and Heath Ledger are great examples and he really knows
how to fit a performer with the role that is within the script he's produced.
So I'm not worried about performances cause the
man has continuously film after film directed actors to the best of their abilities.
And based on the description of who they are each playing, they all look and fit perfectly
for these historical figures.
Even though it was a really bizarre film, I thought Florence Pugh was great in Midsommar
and even in Black Widow she was probably one of the
stronger parts.
And same with Malek who has given great performances in many of the projects he's been in.
Yes, I thought his villain in No Time To Die was quite over the top
but it was mainly due to the writing of his character and having little motivation.
And Benny Safdie was fantastic in Good Time and as a co-director on the projects he's
made.
They are all playing big figures within the story and if anyone knows how to assemble
and balance a cast that is presumably going to be huge, it's Christopher Nolan.
So, so far, I'm loving all the announcements of casting
for Oppenheimer and hopefully we'll get some more leading into filming.
And speaking of filming, a few weeks ago, the director was spotted at UC Berkeley potentially
planning his filming for Oppenheimer, which is scheduled to begin this January.
If you didn't know, Berkeley was actually the University that Oppenheimer was a Physics
professor at and to see Nolan here, means that he might be aiming to film in the real
places that the figure was at during that period of time.
As we know, Nolan likes to go to the extreme when filming for real so it's pretty much
the same thing happening here.
We'll have to see and I'm sure we'll get photos of the filming early next year, which I will
be covering here on the channel and I'm also excited to read the book that the film
is based on leading up to Christopher Nolan's take on it.
I will be buying it in the coming months to get more of a background but the real figures
described in articles do correlate with the type of performers that
Nolan is obtaining, so hopefully, we will get some great and iconic performances come
the release of Oppenheimer in 2023.
But they are all the latest actors joining Christopher Nolan's World War 2 epic and hopefully,
we'll get some more announcements soon leading into filming early next year.
I will be keeping you up to date on everything
surrounding his new movie alongside more updates from Universal Pictures whenever they are
made and it will be interesting to see what happens in the coming months.
But in regards to the latest castings, let me know down below what your thoughts are
towards them, along with who you would like to see join
the ever-growing list for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.
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