Christopher Nolan apologized to Florence Pugh for the role he offered her: here’s why!
Oppenheimer is a movie arriving in Italian theaters, although it has been in theaters in America for over a month now. On August 23, the big and ambitious film, signed by the brilliant mind of Christopher Nolan, will also be available to the Bel Paese public. Critics are already calling it one of the best films of the year, if not the best overall, in director Christopher Nolan’s long and prolific career. The film, as many already know, is full of stars: the cast can be considered truly incredible!
While it stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon, the film also features the young and talented Florence Pugh, who plays a central role in Robert Oppenheimer’s life, but is less relevant than his co-stars. . This is evidenced by Pugh herself, who told how the director apologized to her by personally offering her the role.
Oppenheimer, Florence Pugh talks about how Christopher Nolan apologized to her after he offered her the role
In the film, Florence Pugh plays Jean Tatlock, the love of Robert Oppenheimer’s life, who becomes reluctantly involved in a relationship with her at key moments in her life, as well as being involved in a story with Kitty Oppenheimer, who would later become his wife. Emily Blunt). Tatlock’s role in the life of a scientist is important, if not decisive, but Pugh appears in the film much less often than her illustrious colleagues.
It is for this reason that when Oppenheimer personally offered her the role, Pugh recalls that the director accompanied the offer with an apology. “Chris apologized for the small role I would have played in the film, but I told him that I would have taken part even if he offered me to play the girl behind the bar.said the star. Thus, Pugh’s accessibility allowed the two great talents of contemporary cinema to collaborate, producing one of the most popular films of the year. In addition, the scenes with Pugh and Murphy are so erotic that they have led to a long series of censorships in different countries.