{"id":1981739,"date":"2023-07-24T20:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-witnessed-a-greater-sacrifice-by-a-lead-actor-robert-downey-jr-praises-cillian-murphys-oppenheimer\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T20:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:21:28","slug":"never-witnessed-a-greater-sacrifice-by-a-lead-actor-robert-downey-jr-praises-cillian-murphys-oppenheimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-witnessed-a-greater-sacrifice-by-a-lead-actor-robert-downey-jr-praises-cillian-murphys-oppenheimer\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Downey Jr. hails Cillian Murphy&#8217;s &#8216;Oppenheimer&#8217; as an unparalleled lead actor sacrifice."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnever-witnessed-a-greater-sacrifice-by-a-lead-actor-robert-downey-jr-praises-cillian-murphys-oppenheimer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981739&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Robert Downey Jr. Praises Co-Star \u200dCillian Murphy&#8217;s Sacrifice for &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; Role<\/h2>\n<p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/robert-downey-jr\">Robert Downey Jr.<\/a> \u200chad nothing but praise \u200cfor his &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; co-star \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\">Cillian Murphy<\/a>, who he says sacrificed a lot for the \u200drole.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I have never witnessed a greater sacrifice by a\u200b lead actor in my career,&#8221; Downey Jr. said\u200c of Murphy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2063 knew it was going\u2064 to be \u200ca behemoth \u2063ask when [director Christopher Nolan] called\u2063 him. But I think he also\u2064 had the\u200b humility that is required to survive playing a role like this,&#8221; the Marvel star added during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/robert-downey-jr-costar-cillian-murphy-greatest-sacrifice-any-actor-exclusive-7564218\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d be like, &#8216;Hey, we got a three-day weekend. Maybe we&#8217;ll go antiquing in Santa Fe. What \u2062are you going to do?&#8217; &#8216;Oh,\u2063 I have to learn\u2064 30,000 words of Dutch. Have a nice time.&#8217; But\u200c that&#8217;s the\u200d nature of the ask.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Florence Pugh&#8217;s Glowing Words \u200dAbout Cillian\u2064 Murphy<\/h3>\n<p>Actress Florence Pugh appears opposite\u200b Murphy in the film as Jean Tatlock, one of \u200dthe\u200d major loves of Oppenheimer&#8217;s life. \u200dShe \u200bhad equally glowing things to say about the actor.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Chris had \u200cone of\u200b the most incredible\u2062 leads in Cillian,&#8221;\u2064 she \u200ctold the\u2064 outlet. &#8220;He is an\u2062 actor \u2063that I have been watching for quite some time and have been desperate to work with for ages. You&#8217;d have to be\u2064 mad to say no. It \u200dwas truly one of the best experiences that \u200dI&#8217;ve had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Working with him was hugely impressive,&#8221; she went on.\u2064 &#8220;Every single day \u200bhe shows up \u2062knowing every single \u200cpossible way, intonation, inflection\u200d of how to bring this character to life. That was hugely impressive to me. \u200bThere&#8217;s \u200ca reason why he is one of the greats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Besides \u200bjust learning the lines and\u200d mimicking the mannerisms of the real Oppenheimer, Murphy also went\u200d on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-witnessed-a-greater-sacrifice-by-a-lead-actor-robert-downey-jr-praises-cillian-murphys-oppenheimer\/\" title=\"Robert Downey Jr. hails Cillian Murphy's 'Oppenheimer' as an unparalleled lead actor sacrifice.\">incredibly restrictive diet<\/a> for the part. \u200bCo-star\u2064 Emily Blunt told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZtfdNuDSbso\">Extra<\/a> of his weight loss, \u2062&#8221;He had such \u200ba monumental undertaking. And\u200d he could only eat, like, an almond every day. \u2062He was so emaciated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690029339199000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1aBZKXZOsvkW3aRCKp8ThD\">CLICK HERE\u200c TO GET THE \u200bDAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>That \u200bcommitment is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/barbenheimer-soars-at-box-office-with-155m-for-barbie-80m-for-oppenheimer-on-opening-weekend\">paying \u200coff<\/a> so far with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">big numbers<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-box-office-duds-that-became-cult-classics\/\" title=\"9 Box Office Duds That Became Cult Classics\">box office<\/a>. &#8220;Oppenheimer&#8221; opened on July 21 and brought in $80.5 million domestically.\u200c Combined with\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbenheimer-soars-at-box-office-with-155m-for-barbie-80m-for-oppenheimer-on-opening-weekend\/\" title=\"'Barbenheimer' Dominates Box Office with 5M for 'Barbie,' M for 'Oppenheimer' Debut\">international box office numbers<\/a>, the film brought in\u2062 a total of $174 million.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy&#8217;s performance \u200bis getting a lot of attention specifically, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/jul\/22\/cillian-murphy-oppenheimer-peaky-blinders\">reviewers<\/a> calling his performance &#8220;enigmatic&#8221; and &#8220;intense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cillian Murphy has never \u2064been\u200d better,&#8221; \u2064one reviewer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/movies\/a44558844\/oppenheimer-review-christopher-nolan\/\">declared<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Robert Downey Jr. commended co-star Cillian Murphy for his remarkable dedication to the role in &#8220;Oppenheimer.&#8221; Downey Jr., portraying Lewis Strauss, praised Murphy&#8217;s sacrifice, stating it was the most significant he had ever seen from a lead actor. Murphy&#8217;s commitment to the character was truly exceptional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1981740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}