Cillian Murphy, who’s appeared in many of Nolan’s movies, stars asJ.
He climbs a ladder to the top of a tower to survey his work.
“Brilliance makes up for a lot,” retorts Oppenheimer.
Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Universal Pictures
The two proceed with their verbal sparring.
“Why don’t you have a Nobel Prize?”
“Why aren’t you a general?”
“They’re making me one for this,” he says.
The goal, a voice says, is to create “a pillar of fire 10,000 feet tall.”
“But what happens if the chain reaction doesn’t stop?”
The answer is “it will ignite the atmosphere.”
The footage ends with a scene featuring Downey’s Strauss.
“Well, we all know what happened later,” he says.
Oppenheimerwill now release in theaters by way of Universal Pictures starting July 21, 2023.
