Oppenheimer lead Cillian Murphy has a similar subtlety in his acting to Al Pacino, Christopher Nolan claims
shares Pacino’s prowess. His performance of the father of the atom bomb “became all-enveloping, when I realized Cillian had so much more going on than I saw on set,” Nolan reports. “Great film actors can do that, and that’s what I had with Cillian.”
The director may not have noticed every nuance of Murphy’s performance on set, but he made sure the audience would be able to see it all by . “We associate IMAX with giant landscapes, but here Hoyte [van Hoytema, cinematographer] is shooting faces, eyes, something deceptively simple. Whatever Cillian is feeling, thinking, it opens it to the audience,” Nolan gushes.Murphy seemingly won’t be able to promote the movie himself anymore , but Nolan will happily promote Murphy himself. The filmmaker calls his star “one of the best actors of his generation,” adding, “I’ve never seen an actor with such a commitment to the truth.
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