Cillian Murphy isolated during filming of Oppenheimer: 'Her brain was too full'

With Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy arguably signs her biggest film role to date. A pressure that was felt on the set of the film, where the actor was sometimes cut off from the rest of the acting crew.

After Jude Law wearing perfume made of “blood, feces and sweat” to play Henry VIII on the set of brand of fireor Meryl Streep who had it she ended up depressed about isolating herself from the other actors on the set of THE The devil wears PradaCillian, Murphy also has bear the brunt of his characterbehind the scenes ofOppenheimer.

” His brain was just too full”

The pressure is on for the actor to lead one of the most anticipated films of the year.

In the columns of the American magazine PeopleEmily Blunt, who plays Oppenheimer’s wife Kitty, said it was like making the movie “a summer camp”since the actors were staying together in a hotel in New Mexico. A field like no othersince it has gathered Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr…a list that lacks Cillian Murphy’s name.

And for good reason: she explained to Emily Blunt People which anyone playing the father of the atomic bomb had to do give up group lifeespecially from group dinnersthat she and Matt Damon wanted to organize:

“The sheer volume of what he had to go through and go through is so monumental… He obviously didn’t want to come to dinner with us.St.”

In turn, Matt Damon has expressed his sympathy for Cillian Murphy:

“He couldn’t have. Her brain was simply too full.”

Cillian Murphy isolated during filming of Oppenheimer: ‘Her brain was too full’ — Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer

Cillian Murphy’s biggest role?

It’s easy to understand the extent of the pressure Cilian Murphy has been under, and he has admitted it himself “this great role, this responsibility, […] they were a bit overwhelming“. If the actor is familiar with viewers of Peaky Blinders and that he is regularly cast in Christopher Nolan films, this will be his first time acting a main role in a film of this magnitude.

Luckily, an Instagram post from Robert Downey Jr. has something to reassure us: by the end of filming, it seems that Cillian Murphy has eased the pressure and is even indulging in parties beer and pizza on a roof.