Christopher Nolan Left Cillian Murphy a Heartfelt Note on His ‘Oppenheimer’ Script Cover: ‘Dearest Cillian. Finally, a Chance to See You Lead’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Cillian Murphy recently joined CBS’ “60 Minutes” for an interview on his “Oppenheimer” awards campaign tour and showed off his copy of the script written and directed by Christopher Nolan.
In classic Nolan fashion, the screenplay is printed on red paper and written in black ink so it can’t be photocopied. It also includes a heartfelt note on the title page that Nolan wrote to Murphy: “Dearest Cillian.
Finally, a chance to see you lead… Love, Chris.” Nolan and Murphy’s working relationship spans nearly 20 years and now includes six movies: three Batman films, “Inception,” “Dunkirk” and “Oppenheimer.” But it wasn’t until the latter title that Murphy got the chance to actually lead a Nolan-directed feature.
The actor told Associated Press last summer before “Oppenheimer” opened in theaters that he “was desperate” to lead a Nolan movie. “I have always said publicly and privately, to Chris, that if I’m available and you want me to be in a movie, I’m there.
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