Florence Pugh and Cillian Murphy walk alongside each other in a new Oppenheimer set photo, thus hinting at their characters' relationship.
A photo from the Oppenheimer film set shows actors Florence Pugh and Cillian Murphy walking together for a scene. Oppenheimer stars Murphy and Pugh in a biographical drama about the theoretical physicist who helped to create the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. Often called the “father of the atomic bomb," his research played a significant role in the Manhattan Project, an undertaking by the United States to create nuclear weapons in World War II.
Helmed by acclaimed director Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer features an impressively star-studded ensemble cast, illustrating the significance placed on the subject matter and its impending portrayal. Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, and Alex Wolff are among the large number of notable actors appearing in the film.
Florence Pugh & Cillian Murphy on the set of Christopher Nolan’s ‘OPPENHEIMER’. pic.twitter.com/2weE8sIRpBPugh, who shot to international acclaim with her role in 2019's indie horror film Midsommer, has several impending film projects aside from Oppenheimer, including the highly-anticipated, Olivia Wilde-directed film Don't Worry Darling, in which she stars opposite Harry Styles.
Oppenheimer serves as Nolan's introduction to the biopic genre; the director's career has up to now been largely epitomized by his revered work in science-fiction and action. Nolan's flair for the dramatic that never forfeits quality suggests that the upcoming drama, while thematically different from his previous films, will retain Nolan's signature sense of both emotional and visual scope.