Cillian Murphycelebrated the completion ofOppenheimerin a unique way.
Murphy admits that he “did eat a lot of cheese” once he was done portraying scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the award-winning motion picture.
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When asked why the dairy was his go-to, Blunt, 41, was happy to elaborate.
“Because he needed to decompress. Cheese is a great decompression,” said the actress, who starred as his wife Kitty inOppenheimer.
Murphy, whopreviously saidhe indulged in cheese during the SAG-AFTRA strike, chimed in to note that he was already well stocked. “I got so much free cheese," he said.
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And what kind might the A-list actor have acquired? Only the best.
“Good cheese. Like an aged cheddar from cheddar companies,” Murphy quipped, adding that he “could take a whole wheel” of parmesan cheese if he “could get it through customs.”
The cast members also recalled where they were when they first learned ofOppenheimer’s Oscar nominations. Murphy had been in Cork City, Ireland having tea with his parents and wife when he got the call.
Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, and Cillian Murphy.Brian Bowen Smith
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Blunt had just dropped off her youngest daughter,Violet Krasinski, 7, whom she shares withJohn Krasinski, off at roof-day in New York City — “which sounds ominous, but it’s not,” she said.
TheDevil Wears Pradaalum says she “was aware that it was sort of around [that time] they’d be reading it out. And I came back down and John had it on his phone.” The couple celebrated “on the New York street and it was really pretty epic.”
Meanwhile, Downey, 58, who portrayed Lewis Strauss, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and adversary of Oppenheimer, had been napping.
“I was dead asleep and I was having this nightmare that one of the kittens had taken one of my Nicorette wrappers and I was going to get in trouble again with the Mrs or my daughter Avri,” theIron Manactor tells PEOPLE.
He clarified that he did, in fact, mean actual kittens and was not using a cute nickname for his kids.
source: people.com
