Tag: Cillian Murphy
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Tommy Shelby’s Hat In Peaky Blinders Isn’t Exactly Historically Accurate
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but not everything you see in movies or television shows — even historically-based ones — happens to be 100% true to life. Shocking, I know. Director Christopher Nolan invented the pivotal conversation by the water between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein in “Oppenheimer,” the racing movie “Gran…
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Cillian Murphy’s Peaky Blinders Role Almost Went To A Fast And Furious Star
Cillian Murphy has become somewhat synonymous with the series “Peaky Blinders,” the BBC/Netflix series about a street gang in England just after the First World War led by the cunning crime boss Tommy Shelby (Murphy). Created by Steven Knight, the series has permeated the general pop culture landscape so deeply that even those who have…
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Two Sentences From Christopher Nolan Unlocked Oppenheimer For Cillian Murphy
Prior to July 21, 2023, you could’ve made a pretty solid case that Cillian Murphy is one of the most underrated actors working today. But now that Christoepher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has mushroomed across the cinematic landscape, there can be no doubt: Murphy is a staggeringly talented performer who, at the age of 47, has barely…
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Jason Statham Almost Starred in ‘Peaky Blinders’ Instead of Cillian Murphy
When renowned screenwriter Steven Knight set about formulating what would become one of his best creations, the modern gangster classic television series Peaky Blinders, he had a very important choice to make. He already had his main character fully fleshed out: Thomas Shelby, an ambitious, emotionally shut off war veteran who conducts himself like he’s…
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The One Part Of Peaky Blinders Cillian Murphy Can’t Stand
Is a “Peaky Blinders” movie coming? Probably. Is Cillian Murphy the best source for “Peaky Blinders” movie updates? Maybe not. In an interview with Radio Times ahead of the release of “Oppenheimer,” Murphy hinted that he is not a huge fan of being treated like a Google search page when it comes to the future…
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Cillian Murphy Wishes He Was in ‘Interstellar,’ Says Christopher Nolan’s Film ‘Broke My Heart’
“Oppenheimer” is a high point in both Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan’s careers and the culmination of nearly two decades of collaboration between the two men. No film in Nolan’s oeuvre is more reliant on a single actor to carry the story — and he trusted the role (and the sacrifices that accompanied it) to…
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Cillian Murphy Smoked An Alarming Number Of Cigarettes During Peaky Blinders
If you watched “Oppenheimer” this summer and found yourself wondering if Cillian Murphy really puffed on all those cigarettes while playing theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that they were probably herbal cigarettes. The bad news is this isn’t the first time Murphy has played…
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Cillian Murphy Says ‘Interstellar’ Is a Christopher Nolan Movie He Would’ve Liked to Star In: ‘I Find It So Emotional. It Broke My Heart’
Cillian Murphy’s decades-long collaboration with Christopher Nolan hit a new peak with “Oppenheimer,” his first leading role in a Nolan feature that has garnered him the best reviews of his career and Oscar buzz for best actor. “Oppenheimer” follows Murphy’s supporting turns in three Batman films, “Inception” and “Interstellar.” Recently asked by The Independent if…
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This Cillian Murphy Film Has Been on the Shelf for Over a Decade
There are countless reasons why a film may struggle to come out by its intended release date, as the process of putting together an ambitious film production is never predictable. A film like Mad Max: Fury Road took over a decade of restarts, production shutdowns, studio delays, and release date changes before it finally saw…
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Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer Look Was Inspired By A Classic Rock Star
Something a viewer might instantly note about Christopher Nolan’s new hit biopic “Oppenheimer” is that the film’s star, Cillian Murphy, doesn’t look an awful lot like J. Robert Oppenheimer. Murphy has an intense gaze and a bird-like demeanor, carrying — in many of his roles — both a brisk openness and a mysterious threat. Oppenheimer…