“It’s just very useful to me”: Cillian Murphy Compared His Peaky Blinders Role To Oppenheimer After Fans Call It Similar
Cillian Murphy is most notably known for his role as Thomas ‘Tommy’ Shelby in the period crime-drama Peaky Blinders. The spotlight on him has brightened since his recent portraying the titular character of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s biographical thriller Oppenheimer. As more pictures from the movie started being released, the internet went rampant with how similar the expressions and looks are of both the characters. Now it can’t be completely overruled that the Birmingham gangster and the American Prometheus have traits in common. But they are not as similar as the online speculators make them to be.
Cillian Murphy Comparing His Roles
Cillian Murphy, the man himself was asked to comment on the matter, and he says he doesn’t see it at all. The two characters are very much different. In looks, there could be some similarity, given it is the same actor and stories of similar gravitas. Set in world war scenarios too. The pictures alone might give the impression of Shelby and Oppenheimer being the same. But it will only be for someone who hasn’t watched the movie or hasn’t observed the characters with a nuanced expression.
The Irish actor explained his way of acting and getting into a character to emphasize how truly different Tommy Shelby and Oppenheimer are.
“I mean, they’re entirely different characters. I always do a lot of research for every character that I play. it’s just very useful for me, but then I tend to kind of park it and just rely on instincts.”
He emphasized that the duration to play these roles was so largely different. Oppenheimer‘s shoot was fifty-seven days, Peaky Blinders almost every other year. The time period makes a huge difference for an actor.
These characters were completely different, Tommy Shelby is a returning character, so we would finish one series and then we’d have a year off or so and then we’d go and make another series, and I’d get to do work in between. so this is a one-off, very intense, but we shot it very quickly.
The difference is essentially between a TV show and a movie. But the longevity of having to play the part shifts the dynamic for a performer in a lot of ways.
Hued Tones of Tommy Shelby and Oppenheimer
Both characters and really dynamic and explosive. A working-class Brit gangster with PTSD cannot possibly be similar to a Harvard graduate who took six courses per semester. And yet the weight of war, the loss of loved ones, and understanding of destruction are traits they undoubtedly share. To the actor who plays them, they could be all the difference but to the audience, Oppenheimer will surely remind them of Tommy Shelby for they exhibit a similar darkness.
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Source: Brut America
