Christopher Nolan AND Robert Downey Junior. They’ve each worked on some of the most profitable and beloved superhero films of our time, many with huge star-studded casts, so how come they’ve never worked together on a film before, superhero or otherwise?
Their paths crossed, more or less, in Batman begins (more on that later). But it took another kind of summer blockbuster, a three-hour biopic about the triumphs and tribulations of a theoretical physicist working in New Mexico in the 1940s, to finally bring them together.
Since its premiere in July, Oppenheimer raised nearly a billion dollars worldwide, received critical acclaim and was nominated for numerous awards, including 13 Oscars. Among these nominations are three for Nolan, 53, for best film, best director and best adapted screenplay, and one for best supporting actor for Downey, 58, for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss, the main character’s nemesis, similar to Salieri. The nominations are not the first received (they are counted OppenheimerDowney received three and Nolan eight), but neither had ever won and are now considered favourites.
The day after the Oscar nominations were announced, the two met at Universal Studios to talk about how they met, what winning an Oscar would mean to them and why so many people didn’t realize that that bald man , sweaty, who had it with him. since Oppenheimer was actually Robert Downey Jr.
Christopher Nolan and Robert Downey Jr., in January, at the opening gala of the Sundance Film Festival. Photo by AFPThese are edited excerpts from our conversation.
-It’s the first time they’ve worked together. How did you meet?
Source: Clarin
