Robert Downey Jr. praises ‘Oppenheimer’ co-star Cillian Murphy: ‘I’ve by no means witnessed a better sacrifice’

Robert Downey Jr. says he’s “by no means witnessed a better sacrifice by a lead actor” than his “Oppenheimer” co-star Cillian Murphy.

Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the daddy of the atomic bomb, within the Christopher Nolan-directed three-hour blockbuster.

The movie seems again on the improvement of the bomb, which was later dropped on each Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing an finish to World Conflict II.

For his half, Downey Jr., 58, performs Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Vitality Fee.

“I’ve by no means witnessed a better sacrifice by a lead actor in my profession,” he told People of Murphy’s efficiency.

“He knew it was going to be a behemoth ask when Chris known as him. However I believe he additionally had the humility that’s required to outlive enjoying a task like this,” he defined.

“We’d be like, ‘Hey, we received a three-day weekend. Possibly we’ll go antiquing in Santa Fe. What are you going to do?’ ‘Oh, I’ve to be taught 30,000 phrases of Dutch. Have a pleasant time.’ However that’s the character of the ask.”

Elsewhere, co-star Florence Pugh, 27, who stars as Jean Tatlock, considered one of Oppenheimer’s important love pursuits within the movie, echoed Downey Jr.’s reward of Murphy.

“Chris had some of the unbelievable leads in Cillian,” she advised the outlet. “He’s an actor that I’ve been anticipating fairly a while and have been determined to work with for ages. You’d must be mad to say no. It was really probably the greatest experiences that I’ve had.”

“Working with him was massively spectacular,” she went on. “Each single day he exhibits up realizing each single attainable manner, intonation, inflection of the best way to deliver this character to life. That was massively spectacular to me. There’s a purpose why he is among the greats.”

Murphy’s dedication to the function included following a really restrictive weight loss plan to nearer resemble Oppenheimer.

In response to co-star Emily Blunt, 40, who performed Oppenheimer’s spouse Kitty within the movie, Murphy achieved the look by scarcely consuming food.

“He had such a monumental enterprise,” she told Extra earlier this month. “And he could only eat, like, an almond every day. He was so emaciated.”

The “Peaky Blinders” alum also discussed his weight loss for the role in a May interview with the New York Times.

“I really like performing with my physique, and Oppenheimer had a really distinct physicality and silhouette, which I needed to get proper,” he stated. “I needed to lose fairly a little bit of weight, and we labored with the costume and tailoring; he was very slim, nearly emaciated, existed on martinis and cigarettes.”