Christopher Nolan Was ‘Appropriately Nervous’ Filming His First Sex Scenes for ‘Oppenheimer,’ Calls ‘Sexuality’ an ‘Essential Part of the Story’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director “Oppenheimer” marks several firsts for writer-director Christopher Nolan. It’s his first outright biopic, and the first movie to be shot on IMAX cameras using black-and-white film stock.
It’s also the first Christopher Nolan movie to feature sex scenes. J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, had a steamy romance with physician Jean Tatlock (Florence Pugh) before his marriage to Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer.
His romance to Tatlock continued despite the marriage. “Any time you’re challenging yourself to work in areas you haven’t worked in before, you should be appropriately nervous and appropriately careful and planned and prepared,” Nolan recently told Insider when asked about filming sex scenes for the first time.
Tatlock’s ties to the American Communist Party “had enormous ramifications” on Oppenheimer’s life once he was accused of being a Soviet spy and investigated by the Atomic Energy Commission.
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