“It’s not superfluous and powerful”: actor Cillian Murphy talks about his sex scenes with Florence Pugh in “Oppenheimer”

in the movie oppenheimerThe 47-year-old Irish actor plays the lead character scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, while 27-year-old Florence Pugh plays psychiatrist and communist party member Jean Tatlock.

The two characters were romantically involved with Oppenheimer’s wife, Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, before and during the marriage.

Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Cillian Murphy insisted that although Florence Pugh’s role in the film was relatively short, the hot scenes were necessary and “very powerful”.

He stated: “These scenes [de sexe] deliberately written. He knew these scenes would get the rating he filmed.”

“And when you see them I think they are very powerful. And they are not free. They are wonderful. And Florence is simply magnificent” Added the Peaky Blinders star.

The actor praised his co-star: “I’ve loved Florence’s work ever since Lady Macbeth and I think she’s truly extraordinary. She has an astonishing presence as a person and on screen. Her influence [dans Oppenheimer] Pretty devastating for the size of the role”.

This update is by Christopher Nolané “sufficiently tense and careful” during the first sex scene shoot for his new movie Oppenheimer.

The 52-year-old Oscar-nominated filmmaker spoke to Insider on Wednesday about the making of the film, which hits theaters on Friday.

“When you’re challenging yourself to work in areas you’ve never worked in before, you need to be sufficiently nervous and alert, planned and prepared.”The director talked about the love scenes.

Christopher Nolan told the debut that these scenes played a role. “Important role” While forging the relationship between Oppenheimer and Tatlock, whose ties to the American Communist Party led Oppenheimer to be suspected of being a Soviet spy.

“When we look at the life and story of Oppenheimer“, said Nolan, “This aspect of his life, the direction of his sexuality, his relationships with women, the charm he exudes are an important part of his story.

“Oppenheimer” is a real phenomenon and gives the director the best start to his career outside of the Batman trilogy. The three-hour biopic, led by Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt, outperforms Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet or Inception at $80.5 million.