The Oppenheimer actor consumed one almond daily. ‘.
Cillian Murphy is receiving excellent reviews for his pivotal role in Christopher Nolan’s most recent film, Oppenheimer, but he had to make some compromises to get there.
After going to great lengths to play J, the 47-year-old underwent a drastic transformation and lost so much weight that his co-star Emily Blunt called him “emaciated.”. “Father of the atomic bomb” Robert Oppenheimer. “.
“He had such a big task. And he was only allowed to consume one almond per day,” Emily, who portrays Cillian’s fictional wife, biologist Kitty Oppenheimer, told Extra in a recent interview.
The actors revealed that Cillian would avoid joining the cast for meals due to his strict diet in a separate interview with Matt Damon, who plays Leslie Groves, the director of the Manhattan Project.
“Each evening, we invited Cillian to join us for dinner, but he never showed. Matt told Entertainment Tonight that Cillian “just didn’t eat dinner, ever, because he was losing so much weight for the role. Emily agreed, saying that Cillian only needed “one almond most nights or a little slice of apple. “.
The “overwhelming” lengths Cillian went to defend Oppenheimer, who he described as subsisting solely on cigarettes and alcohol, have also been publicly discussed. I love acting with my body, and Oppenheimer had a very distinct physicality and silhouette, which I wanted to capture accurately, he said in a May interview with the New York Times.
He was extremely thin, almost emaciated, and lived solely off of cigarettes and martinis, he admitted.
“I had to lose quite a bit of weight, and we worked with the costume and tailoring,” he said.
The Peaky Blinders actor acknowledged that his character Oppenheimer’s job was so demanding that he didn’t have time to think about his lack of nutrition, despite his unhealthy approach to character development. “You’re riding a [expletive] bombing train. Bang, bang, bang, bang is the sound. You go to sleep for a few hours, then you wake up and bang it once more,” he told The Guardian.
I reached a point where I was completely unconcerned with food or anything else, but it was appropriate given the character’s nature. He never felt peckish. “.
In addition to refusing to say how much weight he lost for the role, Cillian does not advocate for others to adopt his extreme weight loss techniques. He told the website, “I don’t want it to say, ‘Cillian lost x amount of weight for the part.'”.
It’s unhealthy when you start to become a little competitive with yourself, he continued. It’s not something I advise. “.
Kai Bird and Martin J. are the authors of the Oppenheimer movie, which debuts in theaters this Friday. The biography by Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which was released in 2005.
It talks about Oppenheimer’s life (1904–1967), his attempts to build the atomic bomb during World War II, and his mental anguish as he dealt with “the moral consequences of scientific progress. “.
