#chris nolan batman trilogy

[armed-with-a-waffle-iron]

I somehow only just watched Nolan’s Batman and like I dunno, seems to me this Nolan guy doesn’t actually like Batman or comics.

#he’s trying SO hard to say something bleak and dark and gritty with a story for kids #like where the fuck is robin chris? not straight enough for you? #the killing joke-ification of batman i swear to god #anti annoying rich white male writers #dc comics #bat family #anti christopher nolan #christopher nolan #bruce wayne #batman begins #the dark knight #the dark knight rises #the dark knight trilogy #batman #batman and robin

[okletsgetnuts]

#christopher nolan #chris nolan #young Christopher Nolan #oppenheimer #director #movie maker #film maker #cinema #Batman trilogy #dark knight trilogy #inception #interstellar #tenet movie #dunkirk #The prestige #ruined weeknd #photo #okletsgetnuts #celebrity #dunkindonutz #pop culture #pop crave #film #movie #celebrity culture

[guillotineman]

#Batman #Batman Returns #Tim Burton #Batman Begins #The Dark Knight #The Dark Knight Rises #The Dark Knight Trilogy #Christopher Nolan #Chris Nolan #Nolan #The Batman #Matt Reeves #Gotham #Gotham City #DC Comics #movies #Batman movies #cinema

[gozaimachi]

The Dark Knight (2008) dir. Christopher Nolan

i’m sorry but i find it funny how batman back hugging lau instead of locking lau’s hands from the back y’know…. THAT MAN AINT GOING ANYWHERE😭

#chris nolan #christopher nolan #the dark knight #the dark knight trilogy #tdk trilogy #film #movie #christian bale #bruce wayne #batman

[denimbex1986]

'If you’ve ever read an interview with the Irish actor Cillian Murphy, you might think him shy, irritable, or even neurotic. Journalists love to write about how closed-off he is, that if you ask him anything too personal he’ll shut down and give one-line answers. This makes their job very hard, they say. But what those interviews don’t tell you, is that if you let Murphy talk about a subject that he actually wants to talk about – such as his epic new film about the father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer – he’ll go on for ages. And he’ll be very open and interesting while he’s doing it. He might even make a joke.

He does this when NME meets him at a posh hotel in Soho. We’ve just walked into the room. Murphy is sat down, wearing a black v-neck jumper over a white t-shirt, black trousers and a pair of very pointy Chelsea boots. He seems relaxed, and greets us with a cheery “hello!”. Then he recognises the thick paperback tucked under our arm as a copy of American Prometheus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography from which Oppenheimer is adapted. We’d intended to read a quote from the book later but Murphy cuts in on our explanation. “No, you brought it in here to be pretentious,” he grins. “Would you like me to sign it for you?”

There are people who would sell their grandmas for a mere glimpse of Murphy, let alone an autograph. He’s been dogged by screaming fans since the early days of his career – when he broke out as often-shirtless apocalypse survivor Jim in Danny Boyle’s 2002 horror hit 28 Days Later. Brummie gangster series Peaky Blinders made him a global star, but his most famous film roles are notable because they’ve often come from collaborations with the same director. Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi blockbuster Inception, war thriller Dunkirk and his Batman trilogy all featured Murphy as the supporting curio – a side character that pops up every so often to steal your attention from the main protagonist. But in Oppenheimer, the duo’s latest creative partnership, he finally is the main character.

And he’s a good one too. Oppenheimer was an American scientist who made vital discoveries in quantum physics during the 1920s and ‘30s, going on to oversee the creation of the atomic bomb for the US Government – two of which were dropped on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, killing an estimated 220,000 people. Oppenheimer spent the rest of his life campaigning for disarmament, appalled at the weapon (his preferred term was “gadget”) he had helped to give the world. He also drank heavily and had a reputation as a womaniser, despite being quiet and sometimes socially awkward. Murphy calls him “contradictory” and “complex”, which is like saying Suella Braverman doesn’t like immigrants. “I do think that he believed it would be the weapon to end all wars,” Murphy continues, attempting to explain how a left-leaning humanitarian could spend two years perfecting the ultimate killing machine. “He thought that [having the bomb] would motivate countries to form a sort of nuclear world governance.” Murphy pauses. “He was naive.”

Was that naivety a choice though? Oppenheimer had an explosive ego, once attempting to poison a university professor who chastised him when he was a student. Could his desire to achieve such as historic breakthrough have led him to ignore his own better judgement?

“That’s an interesting take,” says Murphy. He runs his hands through his hair, which is styled into wavy curtains. He does this a lot when thinking a question over. “Chris used this amazing phrase. We were talking about Oppenheimer’s arc and he said, ‘You know, he’s dancing between the raindrops morally.’ That unlocked something in my mind when I was preparing.”

To play the role of Oppenheimer, Murphy went very deep. He read the Bhagavad Gita – a 700-page Hindu religious text that the physicist famously quoted from (“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”) Then he started “skipping meals” in an effort to slim down to Oppenheimer’s rail-thin frame. During the actual shoot, Murphy smoked so many fake cigarettes that he worried it harmed his health. “They can’t be good for you,” he told The Guardian. Oppenheimer himself died of throat cancer in 1967.

On top of the physical strain, Murphy delved into some pretty dark emotional places. He had six months to research before filming began in February 2022, and during the 67-day production he often worked 18-hour days. War, genocide and the nuclear holocaust are unpleasant to think about at the best of times, never mind your every waking moment. It must have been brutal.

“You always have to take a holiday after a job,” he concedes, as though being a Hollywood actor is no different from plumbing toilets. “It’s not because… as some journalists like to think, you’re a method actor or whatever. It’s because you give so much time to the job and then suddenly you stop. You have all this displaced energy, you know, so you kind of don’t know what to do with yourself… But I’m a very easygoing sort of person. It doesn’t weigh me down.”

We suspect Murphy isn’t being entirely truthful here. Such is the intensity of his performance – all simmering discontent and wide-eyed panic attacks – that it’s difficult to believe he just shook the weight of global armageddon off each night before climbing into bed. Emily Blunt, who plays Oppenheimer’s wife Kitty in the film, has said Murphy regularly skipped cast dinners because of the “monumental” pressure he felt. “Of course he didn’t want to [eat] with us,” she told People magazine. Matt Damon, brilliant as mustachioed military boss General Groves, agreed: “His brain was just too full.” When we push Murphy on the subject, he reveals a little more. “I didn’t go out much. I didn’t socialise much, mainly because of the amount of work I had to do… I became so immersed in the role.”

To make the experience yet more profound, cameras rolled only “a couple of days” before Russia invaded Ukraine. The West united to impose stringent economic sanctions on Vladimir Putin and his people. The value of the Ruble plummeted, Russian billionaires were booted out of London and Moscow became a cultural ghost town with the likes of Green Day and Iron Maiden cancelling gigs. Putin’s response? To start lining up tactical nukes along his borders. Armageddon seemed closer than at any moment since the Cold War. Murphy (and his castmates) felt the heat. “It was everywhere, and we were fully aware of that,” he says. “The threat [of nuclear war] has escalated and receded over the years since 1945… and now it’s back. It’s always there, this Sword Of Damocles that is hanging over us.”

Murphy, 47, knows what it’s like to exist against the backdrop of conflict. He grew up during the Troubles in late 1970s and ‘80s Cork, Ireland, where reports of sectarian violence in the north often dominated the news. His mum was a French teacher and his dad worked for the civil service. As a teenager, he was obsessed with music. He read NME and loved Frank Zappa and The Beatles. To illustrate his fandom, he tells us about a trip he took to Liverpool, later in life, to see the legendary Cavern Club, where the mop tops first cut their teeth on stage. “I walked down to [the street where the Cavern Club is supposed to be],” he says, “and it wasn’t there. It was somewhere over there!” He gesticulates with his hands. “It’s not the real Cavern. It’s just a mock-up!”

Inspired by John, Paul, George and Ringo, Murphy and his brother formed a band: The Sons of Mr Green Genes, named after a Zappa tune from the avant garde groover’s 1969 album ‘Hot Rats’. The songs were similarly experimental, filled with “wacky lyrics and endless guitar solos”. Eventually, an indie label based in London, Acid Jazz, put a five-album deal on the table. He and his brother turned it down, citing reasons of artistic independence, but for a while rock and roll appeared more inviting than the movies.

Murphy is often disparaging about his songs to journalists, but they must have been doing something right. He’s also self-deprecating when we bring up the underrated 2002 short film Watchmen, which he co-wrote with BAFTA-winner Paloma Baeza – his only attempt at a screenplay. “I just never thought that I was good enough really,” he says. “It’s why I haven’t, you know, pursued the music either… I like to do one thing quite well.” He adds that it’s unlikely this will change in the future.

Murphy will be far too busy to write songs or screenplays for a while anyway. The first reviews for Oppenheimer are out, and some critics have him earmarked for an Oscar. He’ll charm his way through awards season no doubt, just as he does at the Paris premiere the night before our interview. Done up in a black suit with mustard shirt and matching oversized tie, he looks a bit like the handsome English teacher your best mate had a crush on. Walking the red carpet, he is happy to answer questions, speaking at length about Nolan’s genius and the “amazing” reaction to Oppenheimer so far. You can tell he’s enjoying himself.

Murphy’s not on duty tonight though, with London’s premiere scheduled for the day after our chat. Then he’ll be waiting to get on with his next gig, the dark indie drama Small Things Like These, adapted from Claire Keegan’s bestselling 2021 title, in which he’ll take the lead role. Following his breakthrough blockbuster with a low-key Irish drama is typically understated of Murphy, so not unexpected. More box office projects loom on the horizon – a standalone Peaky Blinders movie and the long-awaited horror threequel 28 Months Later – but he says he has “no new information” on either.

It’s difficult to say what Oppenheimer means for Murphy. He is a household name in the UK and Ireland, but less so in the States, where some still see him as a ‘TV actor’. In a recent interview to promote the film, Robert Downey Jr. talked of Murphy’s life “changing” after Oppenheimer, as if he’s a fresh actor on the scene. In a sense, Downey Jr. is right. This is Murphy’s first lead role in a sure-fire smash. And the parts he gets offered now may be a bit starrier. But don’t expect to see him in spandex on a Marvel soundstage anytime soon.

“I like unknowable, ambiguous, kind of enigmatic [characters],” he says. “To me that’s human life: the knotty, weird grey areas… A good man’s life is wholly uninteresting.”'

#Cillian Murphy #Oppenheimer #Christopher Nolan #Robert Downey Jr #Peaky Blinders #Small Things Like These #Claire Keegan #American Prometheus #28 Days Later #Danny Boyle #Inception #Dunkirk #Batman Trilogy #Bhagavad Gita #Emily Blunt #Kitty #Matt Damon #The Sons of Mr. Green Genes #Watchmen

[inyourwildestdreams22]

By supporting Chris Nolan, a white male director who has big studio support and directed a comic book trilogy? Who has been opening original blockbusters for over a decade? Is that who needs support to diversify film offerings?

Yeah it’s not like Christopher Nolan made The Batman trilogy lol

[petergender]

maybe I'm just not enough of a hard-core batman fan but the chris nolan trilogy did almost nothing for me, and it's sort of crazy to see ppl still praising tdk as one of the greatest movies ever made when I legitimately forgot most of it the next morning

#ik some ppl who r rlly into batman follow me did u guys feel this way #bc i looo9ved batman 2022 #but i actually like tdkr better than tdk?? #and overall it was still. mwh

[save-the-villainous-cat]

DC or Marvel?

And also did you know that Grayson’s ass has a name for both cheeks? Left is Juan and right is Jim. Thought you’d like to know ;3

NAME FOR BOTH CHEEKS???

Gawd damn good Lord—

I’m a fan of both, actually! Have only had the chance to read like one or two comics though (parents lol) but I gotta say Mr Grayson is my favourite superhero of em all and I prefer DC over Marvel. But I also like Nightcrawler hehehehe (Kurt Wagner mwuah mwuah cutie)

I just think DC villains have more character and the storylines are better and I’m praying that James Gunn is gonna make the DCU worth watching cuz Marvel bores me very much now and the DC movies…yikes…(except for Chris Nolan’s Batman Trilogy and Robert Pattinson Batman Jesus Christ lawwwd have mercy)

Wish I had more time to read comics ngl

#no writing #an answer for an ask #dont show this post to my husband #mwuah mwuah mwuah

[sterlexa-queen-of-the-nymphs]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a franchise is so fucking good y’all, like, amazing.

I just watched TMNT (2007 film) for the first time, and I have seen all the animated shows, and currently making my way through the original movie trilogy, but man, that was a good movie.

I think one of the biggest things going into the film I was hesitant about was the conflict between Leo and Raph. The Raph-Leo conflict has been done in many of the versions of the Turtles, and often doesn’t go anywhere or resolves in an underwhelming way (like in Batman vs TMNT, tho that movie does fucking slap so hard), but the build up and execution to Raph and Leo’s big fight was actually really compelling. And the fight itself was spectacular, and honestly the animation is beautiful. You can clearly see all the emotion in Raph’s face immediately after the fight. There’s the wave of pride in besting his older brother, then the immediate realization of “oh shit. I fucked up. I fucked up bad.”  Then there is the clear shame and guilt in his face before he runs off. Fuck man, it’s so good.

And like, what the shit the voice cast was fantastic! Sir Patrick Stewart as Mr. Winters, James Arnold Taylor as Leonardo, Nolan North as Rapheal, Chris Evans as Casy Jones, Kevin Michael Richardson WHO GOES ON TO BE THE NEXT SHREDDER as the villain Aguila, and mucking Mako as Splinter!

fuck man, just so good

#sterlexa #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #text post

[bea-like-me]

Welcome to my little goblin cave!

Here are some things about me and mi tumblr:

Usernamed after cowboy like me by miss taylor swift

it's pronounced be-e-ah

my name is Beatriz so that's a nickname/abreviation

die hard jancy and hinny shipper

I like star wars, especially the og trilogy and the prequels

book lover - currently reading addie larue by v.e. schwab

favorite disney princess: anastasia and jasmine

currently obsessing over rom coms, the ocean, chris nolan, literary classics and billy joel

maisie peters owns my life and soul

pretty basic as a person, but I'm like really funny

in love with the idea of love

lil bit of a swiftie, but also into laufey, billy joel ans vance joy

some of my favorite books are: the book thief, catcher in the rye, since you've been gone, the bell jar, to kill a kingdom and I definitely had a red queen phase somewhere in 2021

some of my favorite movies include: la la land, nolan's batman trilogy, interstellar and CODA

some of my comfort movies include: 10 things i hate about you, cinderella 2015, set it up, monte carlo, no reservations, when harry met sally and before sunrise

I might be becoming a film bro, so just... beware

I am always happy to answer any asks

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That's pretty much it!

Love ya♡

Feel free and welcome to join my weird corner of random

also, here's my pinterest

#get to know me #jancy #stranger things #swiftie #maisie peters #hinny #star wars prequels #star wars #joshua basset #pinterest #when harry met sally #set it up #monte carlo #the bell jar #catcher in the rye #before sunrise #la la land #red queen #cowboy like me #anastasia #jasmine #billy joel #vance joy #laufey #no reservations

[florasletter]

Jonathan Nolan revealed that he wasn’t initially completely sold on the idea of Bane being the villain in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises.

The writer-producer, who co-wrote 2008’s The Dark Knight and Rises with David S. Goyer and his brother and director Christopher Nolan, said on a recent episode on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he was actually pushing for the Riddler to be the primary villain in the third film of the trilogy.

“We had these conversations,” Jonathan said. “Bane came out of a conversation with David [Goyer] and Chris. I was unsure about that at the story stage, but I [didn’t want it to be] back seat driving. Chris understood that what we had done and what Heath [Ledger] had done with [Joker] — you didn’t want to go anywhere near it.”

He continued, “I started to play with the idea of the Riddler and what could be done with that character. But it did feel like close enough to the space of what we had done with Heath, and you really needed to [change direction]. There’s another genre shift there. One of the things I was excited about for The Dark Knight Rises was that if you do a kind of urban crime genre for [The Dark Knight], the third one was a post-apocalyptic film. You sort of go: Batman always saves the day and the city survives. Why can’t we destroy Gotham and see what happens afterwards?”

The Fallout director wasn’t the only one initially pushing for the Riddler in Nolan’s third Batman movie. In September last year, Goyer said an executive from Warner Bros. suggested to him at the premiere of The Dark Knight that Leonardo DiCaprio should play the Riddler in the next film.

#christopher nolan #jonathan nolan #the dark knight rises #christian bale #bane #batman #batman trilogy #CHRIS WANTED THE EASY WAY OUT OF THE TRILOGY LETS JUST SAY IT #“chris lets do riddler” chris: shut the fuck jonah i want to finish this superhero shit for the love of god #fallout

[allysunny]

i am SO in love with bale!bruce wayne and the way you write for him, IT’S SO GOOD!!! loved him for YEARS but there are like never fics for him so on behalf of everyone THANK YOUUU!! literally out here saving lives 🫶🏻

THIS IS SO NICE THANK YOU SO MUCH??? 😭 i love him to death (he's my current wallpaper on my smartwatch okay he's having his own moment) and i was so upset people don't write for him as much. like don't get me wrong, battinson's movie was cool and all, but i don't think any batman movie will ever emulate the sheer batman feel chris nolan's trilogy had.

not to mention just how goooood of an actor bale is, and how he made bruce wayne his own person and not just a character other people had done in the past.

so yeah omg i love him and i think he should get more recognition in the fanfiction world!!!! it's kinda hard to write for him because there's sooo many layers to him (the playboy, the batman, the orphan, the detective, the bruce wayne, the just bruce) and i am very afraid i won't portray them properly, but i'm trying my best!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING MY STUFF you're so kind!! thank you for taking time out of your day to reach out to me and say such nice words, they made my night! i'm so glad you like my characterisation of him! i hope you have the most wonderful day/night ahead!!! 🩷😊

#༊*·˚ allysunny's antics

[comicconradio]

Liam Neeson starred in superhero films like Darkman and Batman Begins, but we likely shouldn't expect to see him returning to the world of superheroes anytime soon, as he recently reflected on how he's not much of a fan of them and how often they have "just the same story." The actor didn't decry the genre outright and even expressed how he does have a respect for the "phenomenal" technical accomplishments of such projects, while also noting that he felt the Christopher Nolan films he was a part of were different cinematic experiences, as they blended together various cinematic genres to set themselves apart. "I'll be honest: All these superhero movies? I'm not a fan. I'm really not," Neeson shared with Rolling Stone. "I admire them because it's Hollywood with all their bells and whistles and technology, which is phenomenal, but they all seem to me to be just the same story. You can say, 'OK, you did do Chris Nolan's.'" When the outlet pointed out how Nolan's Batman trilogy infused more direct film noir elements, Neeson echoed, "You took the words right out of my mouth. They had a noir feel to them. And Chris Bale and Gary Oldman? Come on! What a cast. And Michael [Caine] and Morgan [Freeman]? My god!""'Would I play a villain in the latest reincarnation of Batman?' No, I've already done that in Batman Begins with Christian Bale," Neeson answered for Men's Health of the idea of returning to that franchise. "I was Ra's al Ghul. He wasn't really a bad guy. He was trying to reorganize the world as it needs to be organized." ⚡️🍿🍿🍿💯 #comiccon #spoilermagazine #news #losangeles #podcast #magazine #art #instagram #galaxy #film #tv #hollywood #feature #movies #fandom #graphicdesign #nyc #spoiler #comicconradio #comicbooks #batman #gotham #liamneeson #dc #dccomics #dcuniverse (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpbmhYvLYo9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[denimbex1986]

There's a portrait on the cover of the book American Prometheus: The triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer , it's his most famous image: the "father of the atomic bomb" has a western star face, cigarette dangles in the corner of the mouth, the very clear eyes scrutinize us. He was a charming, elegant man, tombeur de femmes. In short, a beastly physique. With piercing eyes, literally, a gaze that passes through you, he tells who met him. It is from this book that Christopher Nolan made the film Oppenheimer. It is not her habit to write screenplays with the lead actor already in mind: this time she was the exception because "Cillian's eyes", she said, "were the only ones I knew capable of conveying such intensity". We are talking about "endless pools", "the color of the sea on a sunny day", as we read on social networks where there are countless dedicated profiles (one for all, fuckyeahcillianseyes on Tumblr): a super power that Cillian Murphy , 47 years old, knows how to use very well. Irish from Cork, he is one of those actors who "the less people know about me the better". Very reserved, he goes to bed early, and has been married for twenty years to Yvonne McGuinness, a fifty-two year old Irish artist from Kilkenny, a visual artist with whom she has two children: Malachy, 18, and Aran, 16. They returned to live on their beloved island when their children's accent in London was becoming too posh . They want to raise them as Irish, by the sea, near their grandparents.

Cillian is the ruthless Tommy Shelby of Peaky Blinders , the Scarecrow of the Batman trilogy signed Nolan, the young doctor who joins the fighters of the Wrath in the Wind that strokes the grass of Ken Loach. Oppenheimer is his sixth film with the director of Inception. An impressive film, an announced masterpiece, the film event of the summer. To Cillian's blue eyes, Nolan entrusted the complexity of the man and his husband Oppenheimer but above all the conflicts of conscience of the scientist who, after the Trinity test, the first atomic detonation, on July 16, 1945, said the famous phrase: "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds". The film is released July 21 in the US and UK, August 23 in Italy . "I can't reveal almost anything", Cillian Murphy smiles from her home in Dublin , as if to say "Mo, I want to see you: I'm not talking about private matters and the film is top secret, what can we tell each other for half an hour?". Practically a challenge.

In one sentence, Oppenheimer is a film about…?

Chris said it's a film about the most important man who ever lived. I truly believe that the world changed forever in 1945. It is a sadly timely film that has the flavor of a thriller, exciting and incredibly immersive, a must see at the cinema.

The moral theme is central, I guess.

I don't want to spoil the pleasure but, yes, his human struggle is part of the story. You will be very surprised.

As you rightly say, nuclear power is still a current threat but we also have other dangerous weapons today.

It's interesting, I think people find a lot of similarities between nuclear fission and artificial intelligence, the development of the internet... They are all events that changed the world profoundly. Oppenheimer asks questions, gives no answers. The best films are those that provoke you and make you think, cinema must not be prescriptive, dogmatic or didactic, it must raise questions, it must shake consciences.

It is shot on IMAX 65mm, “the closest thing to reproducing the world as the naked eye sees it”. With each film Nolan tries to outdo himself. What is it like for an actor to be directed by him?

We've known each other for twenty years and every time it's a challenge, this one more than others because I'm the protagonist. He's very, very demanding, and expects the best from every member of the cast and crew. You have to show up on his sets very prepared, ready to get on the train, because as soon as you leave the station, that train never stops and goes at a furious speed. We shot it in 57 days, which is totally insane for a film like this. I had been preparing for six months, I threw myself into it, back and forth from Los Angeles to confront Chris. It's a way of working that I appreciate, it galvanizes me.

It's different, I guess, from a director like Ken Loach.

Another filmmaker who changed my professional life, another profound and stimulating experience even if it has a completely different method. Every director is different and every character is different. Sometimes they ask me what role I would have liked to play: I can't answer, because I'm convinced that every actor has a role meant for him, I can't think "it could have been me", that great film was a success because there was that director together with those actors. It doesn't make sense, I don't care, that's why I never bring works from the past to the theater. I don't want to say the same lines that someone else has said wonderfully well before me, I prefer to find new ways.

What has remained of this last job?

Each film takes different things from you and each film is a strange synthesis between the script, your acting, your personality and the director's vision. It's too early to understand what he left me, I'll tell you in about ten years », he smiles.

Nolan wanted to recreate the Trinity test the old-fashioned way, with a real explosion, no CGI. The result?

Crazy. If you can, go see it in an IMAX theater. Chris also used IMAX in black and white for the first time, it's stunning... Will you forgive me a moment? (Talk to someone, he says “Ok, I'll take care of it in 5 minutes, don't worry”). Excuse me, he was my son (he says, with an almost embarrassed smile).

Is the family happy to be back in Ireland?

Very. My wife and I have lived in London for 14 years.

You moved before Brexit, right? So it wasn't a "political" choice...

It has happened before but after Brexit we were even happier with our choice. I feel very European.

Have you ever lived in the United States?

I go there often and willingly to shoot films but I'm not made to live there. I need other cultures, to feel them around me, to be able to frequent them; I like European cinema, I like living in Ireland, I feel very connected to my country, America is too strange for me. Here I can disconnect, live a simple, normal life.

Define “simple and normal”. Farm? Animals? Hoe the garden, since he's a vegetarian?

(bursts out laughing) When I'm not working, I take care of my children for example, my dog, I like reading and watching movies, I don't go out much. I throw myself headlong into the work, I give a lot of myself and therefore I like to take a lot of free time between one commitment and another. I find it healthy. I detach and just live. I just want to exist as any human being in the world. For me it is research, study. Look around, take transport, observe people.

His wife once said that Tommy Shelby had a hard time leaving your house... Do you have a ritual to get rid of characters? Some of his colleagues shave their heads.

Definitely not that, I can't stand wigs so I always keep my hair pretty long because you never know what they'll ask you… It takes time to get back to yourself, on a set like Oppenheimer or Peaky Blinders you work 16, 17 hours a day, you're always busy busy busy and then suddenly you're not. It's alienating. It's hard to put yourself back together overnight, it's good for me to find activities to keep me busy, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do with all that energy left in me. I do some gardening, start training for a marathon, read one of those heavy tomes I've been putting off for a while.

Help his wife with her installations...

(Laughs as if to say "I don't fall for it") My wife definitely doesn't need my help.

It was a golden year for Irish cinema: Island Spirits , The Quiet Girl , Paul Mescal. Why is the land so fertile?

I'm proud of all those guys, many are friends. We Irish are natural storytellers. So much has happened in our history and in a relatively short period of time: we are very connected with our artistic, poetic part, it is our way of elaborating the story, through storytelling and music.

Is there an interesting female point of view in the film Oppenheimer ? After all, the producer is a woman, Emma Thomas, Nolan's wife.

I can only say that Emily Blunt (Kitty, his wife) and Florence Pugh (psychiatrist Jean Tatlock) are magnificent. Chris was a genius in choosing Emily, she and I have known each other for a long time, we understand and respect each other, and if you take two friends to play a couple you skip a step. Kitty and Robert have an interesting, special relationship that spreads like wildfire throughout the film. Emily is phenomenal and Florence is very young but she is so wise and mature and sophisticated and brilliant.

Peaky Blinders the movie: will it be done?

I hope so. If there's another story to tell, I'm with it. But it must make sense, because I'm so proud of the series and the character, I become protective. Steve Knight is a fantastic writer, if he finds something legitimate that justifies a film I'm in it.

Tommy Shelby has his ghosts, as does Robert Oppenheimer. What does she do for his mental health?

(He widens his eyes) Me personally you mean? Look, I think it's important in life to be aware of always having to improve yourself: to try to be a better husband, a better father, a better human being. If you have this awareness and are trying, that's enough. And I strongly believe in empathy, in the ability to recognize the emotions of others and feel them.

What does being successful mean to you?

Working with people I admire. I don't want to stand still, look back or too far forward, I want to say something with my choices. I'm lucky because I've worked a lot with Chris, one of the few who manage to provoke within the mainstream system. He's someone who doesn't underestimate the viewer, he asks a lot and does well, it's the right approach.

How has your friend Nolan changed over the years?

The principles are the same but the mastery of the language, that vernacular of his making films, has improved: now he clearly knows what he wants. With Batman he has shown that he can do genre cinema incredibly well but when he started writing his films he found his true genius.

What makes it immediately "home"?

My family, the Irish countryside, our west coast which is so powerful.

Your body is a work tool, like your face, which is so particular: how do you take care of it?

I try to live healthy, to keep fit... Are you talking about wrinkles? They don't worry me, being an actor constantly puts you in front of the awareness that day after day your face changes. I try to age as gracefully as possible. I like to sleep, I sleep a lot.

He just turned 47: is everything ok?

Yes, I'm not very young anymore but I'm not old either, come on. Look, I do the job I love, I have a great family, can I ever complain about anything?

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Hi I'm sorry if I sent this in too late! I'm just popping in for the Friday sleepover ☺️

These last couple nights I watched snowpiercer (the movie version with chris evans) and the 2022 batman! Snowpiercer was meh, I liked it less than I thought I would, and batman was pretty good! It was a decent movie, though anyone who claims it was better than the Christopher Nolan trilogy needs a reality check

All that to say … what movies have you seen recently? What are your reviews on them?

hi! ohhhh i love talking movies! i haven't seen snowpiercer or the 2022 batman yet, so i don't have much to say on those but thanks for letting me know! i was thinking about watching snowpiercer at some point because chris evans, but since you said it was meh i'll probably hold off!

i'm trying to think of new movies that i've seen lately and i am coming up blank lol. i rewatch movies a lot though and have been rewatching some of my faves! most recently i've done rewatches of anastasia, mamma mia! here we go again, and little women (2019) and i always love watching those ones as they're some of my absolute favorites

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