In Oppenheimer, a favorite actor of Christopher Nolan is missing: Michael Caine. The director explains the absence of the British legend.
Oppenheimer never ceases to familiarize himself with the summits. After 4 weeks of exploitation, the film of Christopher Nolan on the father of the atomic bomb brought back 650 million dollars of world receipts.
If Nolan has called back loyal collaborators for this feature film (Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, David Dastmalchian or Kenneth Branagh), he has not managed to offer himself the services of his favorite actor again, his “lucky charm”. “, the great Michael Caine. Accustomed to Nolanesque productions, the Briton was unable to take part in the Oppenheimer adventure this time.
After having worked together on 8 occasions (the Batman trilogy, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet), the two artists did not find themselves on the biopic project of the famous American physicist. Rest assured fans, Michael Caine and Christopher Nolan aren’t mad, it’s just a scheduling conflict.
He is with us in spirit, but not in reality. He couldn’t join us this time.
The director confirmed this at the microphone of CinemaBlend last July. “He’s with us in spirit, but not in reality. He couldn’t join us this time. But his spirit is always with us; I’ve had the most wonderful collaboration with him over the years “said Christopher Nolan.
“But I know that few people know that he plays in Dunkirk!”he then added, recalling that Michael Caine is not physically present in the film but intervenes vocally via the radio of the character of Tom Hardy.
In any case, Oppenheimer will continue to bombard the box office alongside Barbie, which has already reached the billion dollar mark. Nolan’s film should end its career not far from this fateful score. In France, the biopic carried by Cillian Murphy has already conquered more than 3 million spectators.