Robert Downey Jr. will play Lewis Strauss

The upcoming epic thriller based on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.
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Demoph wrote:
November 4th, 2021, 4:13 am
Reading a bit about Oppenheimer, it doesn't seem like Strauss would be one of the 5 or 6 main characters. I could well imagine RDJ getting a "and Robert Downey Jr" credit.
Who are the main 5/6 in your opinion?

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MMatt wrote:
November 3rd, 2021, 10:31 pm
An attempt at how he might look in the film...

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I really feel a great role for him.

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Allstar wrote:
November 4th, 2021, 4:24 am
Demoph wrote:
November 4th, 2021, 4:13 am
Reading a bit about Oppenheimer, it doesn't seem like Strauss would be one of the 5 or 6 main characters. I could well imagine RDJ getting a "and Robert Downey Jr" credit.
Who are the main 5/6 in your opinion?
I'd say Murphy, Damon and Blunt's characters. Also Edward Teller.
And if RDJ's character is in the movie, it means the movie will deal with Oppenheimer's socialist sympathy, in which case, Jean Tatlock should be quite important. She won't necessarily have many scenes but her scenes would be very important and impactful. (like Tilda Swinton in Benjamin Button, Saoirse Ronan in Grand Budapest Hotel, Rebecca Hall in The Prestige, Margaret Qualley in OUATIH, Michelle Williams in Shutter Island, that kind of importance... characters you remember a lot even if they have small screen time)
Also, there could be scientist he worked with on the project.

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Demoph wrote:
November 4th, 2021, 6:45 pm
Allstar wrote:
November 4th, 2021, 4:24 am
Demoph wrote:
November 4th, 2021, 4:13 am
Reading a bit about Oppenheimer, it doesn't seem like Strauss would be one of the 5 or 6 main characters. I could well imagine RDJ getting a "and Robert Downey Jr" credit.
Who are the main 5/6 in your opinion?
I'd say Murphy, Damon and Blunt's characters. Also Edward Teller.
And if RDJ's character is in the movie, it means the movie will deal with Oppenheimer's socialist sympathy, in which case, Jean Tatlock should be quite important. She won't necessarily have many scenes but her scenes would be very important and impactful. (like Tilda Swinton in Benjamin Button, Saoirse Ronan in Grand Budapest Hotel, Rebecca Hall in The Prestige, Margaret Qualley in OUATIH, Michelle Williams in Shutter Island, that kind of importance... characters you remember a lot even if they have small screen time)
Also, there could be scientist he worked with on the project.
Miler Teller for Edward Teller. duh last names. Damn that Jean Tatlock had a romance with Oppenheimer and died when she was 30...makes me think even stronger that it will be Jennifer Lawrence. Telling you I think her and Nolan are going work together.

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November 2nd, 2021, 12:00 pm
Mulholland-Jr wrote:
November 2nd, 2021, 11:41 am
Yep. Take all my money right now.

Wait didn't he talk trash about The Dark Knight back in the day? :lol:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-d ... d_n_119414
"My whole thing is that that I saw 'The Dark Knight'. I feel like I'm dumb because I feel like I don't get how many things that are so smart. It's like a Ferrari engine of storytelling and script writing and I'm like, 'That's not my idea of what I want to see in a movie.' I loved 'The Prestige' but didn't understand 'The Dark Knight'. Didn't get it, still can't tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character and in the end they need him to be a bad guy. I'm like, 'I get it. This is so high brow and so f--king smart, I clearly need a college education to understand this movie.' You know what? F-ck DC comics. That's all I have to say and that's where I'm really coming from."
This quote?
Also Nolan was in direct competition with Iron Man and Marvel at the time. I get it. Just trying to sell his flick. I love RDJ and Nolan. I am super happy they are working together. Should produce great art.

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I never thought RDJ, and Nolan would collaborate after RDJ disparaged Nolan's iconic batman film but, I'm happy they are both gentlemen who are incredible at what they do. He should easily be a shoo-in for the best supporting actor awards.

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DamienDarhk wrote:
December 19th, 2021, 10:34 pm
I never thought RDJ, and Nolan would collaborate after RDJ disparaged Nolan's iconic batman film but, I'm happy they are both gentlemen who are incredible at what they do. He should easily be a shoo-in for the best supporting actor awards.
definitely hope so. I want this to be Nolan's grand slam at the Oscars but I won't get my hopes up because I did so with Dunkirk and it didn't turn out good

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DUNKIRKIE wrote:
December 20th, 2021, 5:18 am
DamienDarhk wrote:
December 19th, 2021, 10:34 pm
I never thought RDJ, and Nolan would collaborate after RDJ disparaged Nolan's iconic batman film but, I'm happy they are both gentlemen who are incredible at what they do. He should easily be a shoo-in for the best supporting actor awards.
definitely hope so. I want this to be Nolan's grand slam at the Oscars but I won't get my hopes up because I did so with Dunkirk and it didn't turn out good
didnt it ? it was his biggest oscar fest wasnt it ? i do believe that this will surpass its oscar buzz though

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Don't get any Oscar hopes up. At best, it'll get noms, but that's about it.

The July release date tells us that this is not an Oscar play, because that's basically Oscar suicide. Recency bias is just too strong. When was the last time that a summer release won in any of the major categories? Mad Max: Fury Road's Mr. Miller got sucker-punched by The Revenant for Best Director, and the release dates (May vs. December) played no small part in that.

The release date handicap could be overcome if some kind of campaigning narrative was there, but there isn't. The man is at the top of Hollywood, able to summon top Hollywood executives to his house so that he gets to choose which one of them gets to give him money lmao. He's not wanting for anything. There's no struggle here, no underdog story.

Not to mention, the man just hates Oscar campaigning. I think I read that some Oscar reporter complained that he values his private life so never answers any personal questions. Wining and dining Oscar voters and charming them with personal tales? Forget about it.

If it's as critically acclaimed as Dunkirk then it'll get noms for sure, but wins, no.

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Nolan with a great book is a silver bullet. This is going to be amazing. :gonf:

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