Murphy was open about his ideas on the matter, saying:
“I’ve at all times mentioned publicly and privately, to Chris, that if I am out there and also you need me to be in a film, I am there. I do not actually care concerning the dimension of the half. […] However deep down, secretly, I used to be determined to play a lead for him.”
Murphy, seemingly modest and demure, did not ever ask for a lead position and as a substitute needed to depend on Christopher Nolan’s caprices. Neither actor nor director appears to be particularly outspoken or demonstrative, affecting what Murphy, an Irish actor, calls Nolan’s “English method.” Their mutual quiet modesty meant that one would ultimately have to succeed in out to the opposite to make a sure form of collaboration occur. Murphy roughly waited by the cellphone till the phrase got here. When it did, he was ecstatic. However, you recognize, solely in his very Irish method. The actor mentioned:
“He is so understated and self-deprecating and, in his very English method, simply mentioned, ‘Hear, I’ve written this script, it is about Oppenheimer. I would such as you to be my Oppenheimer.’ […] It was a terrific day … Now we have this long-standing understanding and belief and shorthand and respect. It felt like the suitable time to tackle a much bigger duty. And it simply so occurred that it was an enormous one.”
Ostensibly road-tested, Murphy did not have to show himself any longer. Nolan trusted him, he trusted Nolan, and each have been fascinated by the fabric. It appears that evidently each discovered Oppenheimer to be a fancy man worthy of delving into.