Marvel Star Florence Pugh Agreed to Oppenheimer Just So She Could Work With Cillian Murphy: “An actor I’ve been desperate to work with for ages”
The Oscar-nominated actress Florence Pugh gushes over her Oppenheimer co-star, Cillian Murphy. Pugh elaborates during the making of Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s most ambitious project, that it was an honor for her to work with the immensely talented actor Cillian Murphy. Pugh’s character, Tatlock, is essential in Oppenheimer’s legacy as one of history’s most consequential figures.
Florence Pugh Explains Why She Accepted To Work On Oppenheimer
According to Oppenheimer Production Notes, the English actress Florence Pugh had her pre-determined reasons for opting to work in Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated project of the year, Oppenheimer.
Pugh said, “It’s a Christopher Nolan movie, number one, and number two, he has one of the most incredible leads. Cillian Murphy is an actor that I have been watching for quite some time and have been desperate to work with for ages. You’d have to be mad to say no. It felt like I was playing sports with some of the best athletes, so it was truly one of the best experiences that I’ve had.”
Florence Pugh plays the character of Jean Tatlock, a psychiatrist, Communist Party member, and close friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer. She is represented as an accomplished woman who struggled with personal demons and ultimately met an unfortunate fate. On January 4, 1944, several months after her final encounter with Oppenheimer, Jean Tatlock took her own life at the age of 29
Besides her career in psychiatry, Tatlock was known for her radically left political biases, and her affiliation with Bay Area communists ultimately caused troubles for J. Robert Oppenheimer after World War II. Jean battled with clinical depression for a long duration receiving treatment at the very hospital in which she worked.
Critical Facts About Cillian Murphy Starrer Film, Oppenheimer
The upcoming Christopher Nolan-directed film is one of the most hotly-anticipated movies of the year. The movie’s star cast includes the best of Hollywood’s talents such as Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett, Olivia Thirlby, Matthew Modine, Dylan Arnold, Kenneth Branagh, and Gary Oldman. The film will also mark Nolan’s debut in the making of a biopic.
Nolan’s twelfth film is a biopic concerning the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and it will showcase the story of the man who made the atomic bomb. Christopher Nolan’s first R-rated film in 20 years, with the last one being Insomnia in 2002. Oppenheimer is set to be released on July 21, 2023 exclusively in theatres. Nolan’s Oppenheimer will be competing against Greta Gerwig’s Barbie.
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