One of the most shocking lines in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” was not scripted by the writer-director himself.
It arrives during a scene where Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer is meeting with U.S.
Secretary of War Henry Stimson and other government officials about where to drop the atomic bombs in Japan.
Stimson tell the group to avoid bombing Kyoto because that’s where he and his wife honeymooned.
It’s a stomach-churning line given Stimson’s off-hand delivery and the way he frames the atomic bombs’ destructive repercussions around his own interests.During an interview with The New York Times, Nolan revealed that it was James Remar, the actor playing Stimson, who created that shocking line of dialogue.
Because “Oppenheimer” features such a sprawling cast and Nolan’s script is mostly told through his main character’s perspective, the filmmaker encouraged his supporting actors to do their own thorough research on their roles.
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