In many cases, actors have to commit a level of physicality for a role, and that can mean losing weight to play a character. And Cillian Murphy went through that very thing for his latest flick. The star, who’s made appearances in Batman Begins, Dunkirk and other Christopher Nolan movies, reteamed with the filmmaker for Oppenheimer. As part of his prep to play the well-known physicist, Murphy had to shed some pounds. Interestingly, the Irish actor’s talk of his weight loss journey sounds very similar to the experiences fellow thespians Christian Bale and Benedict Cumberbatch had for their own roles.
Cillian Murphy has long wished to be the lead in a Christopher Nolan movie, so he was ecstatic when he landed the explosive (no pun intended) role of J. Robert Oppenheimer. One would imagine that it was daunting to step into the shoes of ht man responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. But aside from the expectations, it sounds like the star also had to go through a bit in regard to his weight loss. While the 47-year-old Murphy didn’t disclose how much he lost or what the exact process entailed, he told The Guardian why he wouldn't recommend it:
