“One of the most important decisions in history” For Christopher Nolan, this actor’s choice for this role changed Hollywood forever

News culture “One of the most important decisions in history” For Christopher Nolan, this actor’s choice for this role changed Hollywood forever

Oppenheimer is expected to win a large number of statuettes at the next Academy Awards, which will take place between midnight and 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2024. With 13 nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (see all nominations below), Christopher Nolan’s film is in the running for the history of the 7th art.

In addition to Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy, another actor is nominated in the “Best Supporting Actor” category. It’s Robert Downey Jr., of course.

The Oppenheimer film nominations for the 2024 Oscars:

• Best movie
• Best Director
• Best actor
• The best supporting actress
• Best supporting actor
• Best Adapted Screenplay
• Best photography
• Best editing
• Best film music
• Best decors
• Best costumes
• Best makeup and hairstyles
• Best sound mix

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Robert Downey Jr. is Iron Man

Christopher Nolan is full of praise when he talks about the American actor, born in 1965, who experienced a completely new beginning in his career after a strenuous journey through the desert. In 2008, Robert Downey Jr. becomes Tony Stark aka Iron Man. And this casting choice fundamentally changed Hollywood.

This single feature film is the genesis of the most lucrative film franchise of all time and the supremacy of the superhero genre for 15 years… and which is now coming to an end.

During the last The last showthe filmmaker behind the Dark Knight, Interstellar and Oppenheimer trilogies, told host Stephen Colbert about Robert Downey Jr. and the cast of Iron Man:

He has an incredible generosity of spirit. That means when he’s in a scene with other people, he makes sure that they’re all doing their best, that they’re all capable of doing their best. It helps them clarify these emotional connections.

I always wanted to work with him. I always saw that in his work. And he has as much charisma as Tony Stark. His playing Iron Man is one of the most important casting decisions ever made in film history. I wanted to give him the opportunity to lose himself in a role, to lose himself in another person, like great actors do. -Christopher Nolan

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