Quaid can next be seen in a small mystery role in Christopher Nolan’s latest film, “Oppenheimer,” which is the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) and his role in developing the atomic bomb. Quaid couldn’t share who he plays just yet, but he was still in awe of his set experience.

“Shooting that was such an incredible experience. Like, I’m like a blip in that movie, but it was just so incredible to sit there and watch true masters do what they do.” Quaid said of the upcoming film. “Like, to watch Chris [Nolan] work, watch the cast work, like, it’s such a murderer’s row of incredible actors that I just got to see do their thing, and feel so lucky that I got to just take that in and hopefully learn from it. I don’t know. I still don’t believe that I’m in that movie, either.”

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June 3rd, 2022, 11:22 am

Quaid can next be seen in a small mystery role in Christopher Nolan’s latest film, “Oppenheimer,” which is the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) and his role in developing the atomic bomb. Quaid couldn’t share who he plays just yet, but he was still in awe of his set experience.

“Shooting that was such an incredible experience. Like, I’m like a blip in that movie, but it was just so incredible to sit there and watch true masters do what they do.” Quaid said of the upcoming film. “Like, to watch Chris [Nolan] work, watch the cast work, like, it’s such a murderer’s row of incredible actors that I just got to see do their thing, and feel so lucky that I got to just take that in and hopefully learn from it. I don’t know. I still don’t believe that I’m in that movie, either.”

Quaid can’t tell us the specifics of his most recent immersive prep experience, because it was for Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and all info about the character he plays is currently under lock and key (the film is a biopic of J Robert Oppenheimer, the man credited with inventing the atomic bomb, and thus features numerous real-life historical figures). “I play a guy who really existed and he had certain hobbies that I tried to take up myself,” says Quaid. He shot his scenes in March and April this year, as the threat of real-life nuclear war increased dramatically following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The week I started shooting was the week that Putin was threatening to… you know… it was a surreal, surreal experience.”

Life on Nolan’s set was a real mindblower. “The way that he chooses to shoot scenes, he's so absolutely confident in the way that he works. He doesn't need to over cover everything,” says Quaid. “He just knows that, okay, this scene is going to be two shots when I edit it together, I'm just going to film two setups. I was so blown away by that confidence.”

It took everything in his power not to go full fanboy when Nolan was directing him on set. “Just to be able to see Christopher Nolan doing what he does right in front of my eyes…” adds Quaid. “I got kind of starstruck, especially when he would do the ‘director's point’, that framing thing [director’s do] with their hands. I was pinching myself every single day.”