Father of the Year: Director Christopher Nolan picked his daughter to blow up Oppenheimer

Father of the Year: Director Christopher Nolan picked his daughter to blow up Oppenheimer


And the award for best dad goes to…

Christopher Nolan definitely deserves the father of the year award: the director asked his eldest daughter, Flora, to make a small appearance in Oppenheimer. A golden opportunity, as the film is among the most anticipated releases of the year – however, the role of the girl is not pleasant at all.



In an interview for The TelegraphNolan said it all started when Flora spent a week visiting the set while filming was still underway. One of the roles was still vacant, and the director had a brilliant idea: to call her daughter to play a girl who, during a nuclear explosion, has a completely disfigured face.

“We needed someone to do that little part of a sequence that was somewhat experimental and spontaneous, so it was wonderful to have his kind of role with it,” explained the director. It is worth mentioning that Flora has already participated in another great success of her father, Interstellar.




Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas and Flora Nolan.

Acclaimed by titles such as Inception, Dunkirk and the Dark Knight trilogy, Nolan is now preparing for the debut of Oppenheimer, which tells the true story of the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II, at the hands of the physicist. J.Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy) and a team…

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Source: Terra

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