Murphy was open about his ideas on the matter, saying:
“I’ve at all times mentioned publicly and privately, to Chris, that if I am out there and also you need me to be in a film, I am there. I do not actually care concerning the measurement of the half. […] However deep down, secretly, I used to be determined to play a lead for him.”
Murphy, seemingly modest and demure, did not ever ask for a lead function and as a substitute needed to depend on Christopher Nolan’s caprices. Neither actor nor director appears to be particularly outspoken or demonstrative, affecting what Murphy, an Irish actor, calls Nolan’s “English method.” Their mutual quiet modesty meant that one would ultimately have to succeed in out to the opposite to make a sure sort of collaboration occur. Murphy kind of waited by the telephone till the phrase got here. When it did, he was ecstatic. However, , solely in his very Irish method. The actor mentioned:
“He is so understated and self-deprecating and, in his very English method, simply mentioned, ‘Hear, I’ve written this script, it is about Oppenheimer. I would such as you to be my Oppenheimer.’ […] It was an ideal day … We now have this long-standing understanding and belief and shorthand and respect. It felt like the suitable time to tackle a much bigger accountability. And it simply so occurred that it was an enormous one.”
Ostensibly road-tested, Murphy did not have to show himself any longer. Nolan trusted him, he trusted Nolan, and each had been fascinated by the fabric. Evidently each discovered Oppenheimer to be a posh man worthy of delving into.