Cillian Murphy Sat Out ‘Oppenheimer’ Cast Dinners on Set Because ‘His Brain Was Just Too Full’: The Pressure on His Shoulders ‘Is So Monumental’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Emily Blunt told People magazine that starring in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” was like “summer camp” because the film’s ensemble cast lived together in New Mexico during production.
However, it appears that leading man Cillian Murphy sat out most group activities. “We were all in the same hotel in the middle of the New Mexican desert,” Blunt said. “We only had each other.
Me and Matt [Damon] were roommates and we were like, ‘Let’s go to have dinner.'” Murphy did not attend because “the sheer volume of what he had to take on and shoulder is so monumental,” Blunt added. “Of course he didn’t want to come and have dinner with us,” Damon said. “He couldn’t.
His brain was just too full.” For Murphy, “Oppenheimer” marks the biggest leading role of his film career thus far. That kind of pressure isolated the actor. “You know that when you have those big roles, that responsibility, you feel it’s kind of overwhelming,” he told People.
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