Al-Shaima Ahmed Farouk
Published on: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 – 8:59 PM | Last updated: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 – 8:59 PM
Cillian Murphy won a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his starring role in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” in which he plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “Father of the Atomic Bomb.”
Murphy said during his speech after receiving the award: “I knew the first time I stepped onto the set of Christopher Nolan that it was going to be different. I could tell by the level of rigor, the level of focus, and the level of dedication, that I was in the hands of the director and the mentor who was the owner of the award.” Vision”.
“We had the most amazing cast in this movie,” Murphy continued. “It was magical. Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Gary Oldman, thank you.”
This marks Murphy’s first win and second career nomination, having previously been nominated for his role in the 2006 comedy/thriller Breakfast on Pluto. Oppenheimer also received nominations for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and Supporting Actor in Robert Downey Junior as Admiral Louis Strauss, also won in the Cinematic Achievement category.
Murphy has occupied the audience and critics since the release of Oppenheimer’s film in July 2023, with his strong performance of the character, and getting close to him on a physical, formal and spiritual level. This performance was not strange to him, as he received many praises for his previous works in which he achieved huge success.
Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor who began his career as a stage actor and then moved to film and television. He is best known for portraying the character of gangster Thomas “Tommy” Shelby in the highly successful series Peaky Blinders, in addition to Batman Begins and Dunkirk. He has collaborated frequently with Christopher Nolan.
In 1996, the 20-year-old Murphy auditioned for and landed one of the lead roles in Disco Biggs, a work by playwright Enda Walsh, a success that carried on an 18-month world tour through Europe, Australia and North America.
Murphy began receiving minor film roles after the success of Disco Pigs, such as the 1998 film Sweety Barrett, starring Brendan Gleeson, and the 1999 film The Trench.
Murphy achieved his first success in 2002 with the horror film 28 Days Later, and he said about this role in a 2022 interview that he initially struggled with the character’s accent, but with the support of director Danny Boyle – who discovered Murphy when he saw the film adaptation of Disco Biggs – he was able to… In the end, the horizon was opened for him to reincarnate.
Murphy explained that this film was huge in relation to his simple career that preceded it, and opened the doors to other projects, the most important of which was his relationship with Christopher Nolan the following year, when he was assigned an important role in the film Intermission, then the film Girl with a Pearl Earring, and the war epic Cold Mountain.
In an interview with Polygon, Nolan said that “although I wasn’t sure Murphy was a perfect fit to play Bruce Wayne, I felt like this was the person I wanted to work with, someone who had an interesting take on things creatively.” Undiscovered potential, Murphy also appeared as a character in the trilogy’s next two films: The Dark Knight in 2008 and The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.
As for Murphy’s portrayal of Oppenheimer, Nolan described it as “honestly one of my favorite moments in cinema.” Murphy underwent five months of preparation before filming, losing weight to better fit the scientist’s image and rehearsing his facial expressions, Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter. Reporter: “I was always there for Chris. I always wished I could star in a Chris Nolan movie. What actor wouldn’t want to do that?”
