During his guest appearance on Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? Matt Damon reveals how he created the character of Leslie Groves in Oppenheimer.
grandfather From Ben Affleck played a key, albeit unexpected, role in character building Matt Damon General Leslie Groves Oppenheimer, a new film by Christopher Nolan dedicated to the father of the atomic bomb. The actor opened up about it during a guest appearance on the show. Who’s talking to Chris Wallace?.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Unexpected Key Role as Grandpa Ben Affleck in Oppenheimer
Matt Damon admitted that he had a long talk with Ben Affleck’s grandfather, a veteran of the Marine Corps, about World War II and about dropping the atomic bomb. “I remember talking to Ben Affleck’s grandfather who was a Marine. And he said, “When we heard about the bomb, we celebrated and 50 years later he tells you about it and he says “I live with the fact that we celebrated, but it only happened because they told us they would fight to the last man.”‘”.
But was the United States right to drop the bomb? According to Matt Damon, this is a question that has no answer: “It’s weird because you think there’s really only one choice, but you know full well what the consequences will be.. I mean, I don’t think Groves ever lost sleep over this. He fulfilled his mission. But Oppenheimer and many other scientists… after taking the test, they began to think, “Oh my God,” and it was like a shock wave that hit them all.“. Oppenheimer debuts in Italian cinemas on August 23.