Olivia Thirlby is the newest addition to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer
This marks the Juno actor's biggest movie role in years
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Christopher Nolan’s casting for Oppenheimer has been just as star-studded as Rian Johnson’s Knives Out 2 and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. Over the past few months, Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Benny Safdie, Florence Pugh, Josh Peck, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Rami Malek, Jack Quaid, and more were announced to star. Now there’s yet another addition to the list: Olivia Thirlby. This news was confirmed by Deadline.
This marks Thirlby’s first big movie role in a while. The actor had a breakout role in Oscar-winning comedy Juno as the titular character’s best friend Leah. Since then, she’s had steady TV roles (including in Bored To Death and The L Word: Generation Q), and been in some smaller budget movies. No details about who she’ll play in Oppenheimer have been shared yet.
Though not all the roles for the robust, eclectic cast have been announced yet, it was previously reported that Murphy will play Oppenheimer himself. Blunt is said to be playing his wife, Kitty. Sources had also told The Hollywood Reporter that Damon is set to play director of the Manhattan Project, Lt. General Leslie Groves, and Downey will play Lewis Strauss, the Atomic Energy Commissioner. Josh Peck will reportedly play Kenneth Bainbridge, one of the Manhattan Project scientists.
The film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer, will tell the story of Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who is referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb” for being at the center of the Manhattan Project.
This also marks Nolan’s first film, after his unceremonious “breakup” with Warner Bros, that’s being made under Universal. At least this time Nolan won’t have to worry about the movie premiering on HBO Max.
Oppenheimer hits theaters on July 21, 2023.
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Dredd. That is all
…here here!
Thought shed be a Star after “The Wackness”.
…was unwatchable.
In a decently ordered society that film would have made her a megastar and would be her most famous and recognised role.
Yep.
Goodness gracious! I think it might be easier to write articles about who isn’t in Oppenheimer.
That’s Tatiana’s specialty!
I love her. Any other Bored to Death fans here?
In a perfect world, Cillian Murphy would start chowing down on someone’s brain twenty minutes into the movie, followed by a “Manhattan Projects” title card. Just gonzo fever dream sci-fi nonsense. It isn’t actually SO far out of Nolan’s wheelhouse.
Her agent should have told her to change her name to Thrillby. Missed branding opportunity and to be picked up as a suspense/action actress.
WELCOME
THRILLBY
The fact that I’m the first person to star is a savage indictment on the commenters on this site. Shame. Shame on you all.
There’s a realty group in my area called Millhouse Properties – all their cars have custom license plates, but there isn’t a single one that says “Thrillho.”
I recently binged the entire run of the Amazon Billy Bob Thornton series Goliath and was delighted to see her in the first season of it.Not a bad show, very watchable, though the second season has one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen, something which stuck with me long after any other moment in the series.
What? This movie is already in principal photography. How are they still casting?