With Kenneth Branagh joining the cast of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer the star-studded roster adds another gem to its collection.
Nolan’s Oppenheimer has added one more star player to its already stacked cast in the form of Belfast director Kenneth Branagh. Nolan will be directing Oppenheimer and will be writing the story with Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin. The full cast as of today, February 22nd is as follows:
Cillian Murphy – J. Robert Oppenheimer
Florence Pugh – Jean Tatlock
Emily Blunt – Katherine Oppenheimer
Matt Damon – Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves
Rami Malek – TBA
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Robert Downey Jr. – Lewis Strauss
Josh Harnett – TBA
Jack Quaid – TBA
Dane DeHaan – TBA
Kenneth Branagh– TBA
Benny Safdie – Edward Teller
Mathew Modine – TBA
Dylan Arnold – Frank Oppenheimer
David Krumholtz – TBA
Alden Ehrenreich – TBA
Michael Angarano – TBA
Olli Haaskivi – TBA
Alex Wolff – TBA
Cillian Murphy, who is playing the titular role of Oppenheimer, the person many people associate with being ‘the father of the atomic bomb,’ prepared for the part extensively. In a conversation with The Guardian Cillian spoke on his admiration for Nolan as a director, what it means to work with him, and compares Nolan to some of the best directors in the game today.
“I’ll always turn up for Chris, whatever the size of the part. Chris will call me up and I’m there. Isn’t it wonderful that filmmakers are still making challenging, demanding films within the studio system, shot on film rather than Imax? I think he’s flying the flag. Him, Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino, are fantastic filmmakers making interesting work on a massive scale.”
Murphy said he had been doing “an awful lot of reading”.“I’m interested in the man and what [inventing the atomic bomb] does to the individual,” he said. “The mechanics of it, that’s not really for me – I don’t have the intellectual capability to understand them, but these contradictory characters are fascinating.”
Oppenheimer is set to release in theaters on July 21, 2023 and will be the 11th film from Christopher Nolan.