Certain directors have “lucky charm” actors, whom they’ll cast in all of their features – even in bit parts – because they’ve consistently brought them solid vibes and creative symmetry. Martin Scorsese has Robert De Niro and Leonardo Di Caprio. Greta Gerwig tends to use Saoirse Ronan. And for Christopher Nolan, that actor was Sir Michael Caine, who famously played Alfred in Christian Bale’s three Batman movies but also appeared in recent features Tenet, Dunkirk, and Interstellar. Caine has been involved in some of Nolan’s best movies. So does he have a part in the director’s latest masterpiece, Oppenheimer?
