Cillian Murphy almost played Oppenheimer in a TV show 10 years ago – but luckily he didn't
He🎉 was "on the list" to star in Manhattan, a short-lived drama series

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Oppenheimer may be taki🎀ng the box o🐈ffice by storm, but Christopher Nolan's new movie isn't the only recent Hollywood take on the birth of the atomic bomb.
Manhattan, a TV show that ran for two seasons on the now-defunct network WGN America, told a fictionalized account of what went down in the laboratories at Los Alamos, ✤the isolated town in the Ne🍨w Mexico desert where the nuclear weapon was tested and made. Airing between 2014 and 2015, the cast included Rachel Brosnahan, David Harbour, and Neve Campbell.
.Beck, David Bowie, and The Bear's Ebon Moss-Bachrach were also considered. "We wanted Oppenheimer to feel both like he possessed a certain undeniable charisma, a presence onstage, but also that he was playing a different instrument," Shaw continued. "He needed to feel alien – or other – in some ways. He stood out." In the end, the role went to Old Joy and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Synecdoche, New York actor Daniel London.
And, of course, Murphy went on to play Dr. Oppenheimer in Nolan's movie, with a performance that's already prompting talk of Oscar nominations (and wins). With Murphy and Nolan collaborating on a number of projects prior to Oppenheimer, including Dunkirk and the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Dark Knight trilogy, it'♍s safe to say that this was the version of the physicist that Murphy was born to play.
Oppenheimer is out now in cinemas. For more on the movie, check out the rest of our cove𓂃rage:
- Our in𝓀🦄terview with Christopher Nolan on crafting Oppenheimer
- 澳洲幸运♓5开奖号码历史查询:Christopher Nolan on Oppenheimer's R-rating
- Christopher Nolan on Oppenheimer's blockbuster 🉐status
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Our interview with Cillian Murphy
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Our interview with Matt Damon
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Our interview with Emily Blunt
- 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Robert Downey Jr. ꩲis at hiꦆs best in Oppenheimer
Sign up for the Total Film Newsletter
Bringing al♋l the latest movie news, ♋features, and reviews to your inbox
I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional🎀 feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCT♈J Diploma in Multimedia Journalism.