Oppenheimer: Did you know Christopher Nolan cast his daughter in an interesting part?

Oppenheimer: Did you know Christopher Nolan cast his daughter in an interesting part?

Chris Nolan and Cillian Murphy on the sets of Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer boasts some of the biggest names in Hollywood as part of its central cast but did you know his oldest daughter, too, is part of the film? It recently came to light that Nolan's daughter Flora, the eldest of four children he has with his wife and film producer Emma Thomas, makes a small but very interesting cameo in the upcoming biographical drama.

Turns out the fleeting moment she appears on celluloid reveals her face being blown off by a nuclear explosion! Well, that's one way of announcing yourself.

Many would know that Christopher Nolan has worked with brother/screenwriter-director Jonathan Nolan on multiple films of his. The former's wife, Emma Thomas, has served as the producer on all his films so far and has been an integral part of his ecosystem.

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Speaking to The Telegraph ahead of the release of his magnum opus, the 52-year-old filmmaker describes the decision to cast his daughter as a spur-of-the-moment call. Flora Nolan, 22, is reportedly a member of New York University's Tisch School of Arts class of 2024 and it was on her father's asking that she opted to spend a week on the set of his film Oppenheimer. With the role of a "nameless young woman who appears to the title character in a hellish, conscience-pricking vision" still vacant during her stay, director Nolan's pitch was gladly accepted by Flora.

However, despite the gruesomeness of this cinematic moment, Chris Nolan is extremely glad that his firstborn chose to be a good sport. "It was wonderful to just have her sort of roll with it,” he says in the same conversation with The Telegraph.

Previously, Flora Nolan appeared as an extra in the 2014 film Interstellar.

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Oppenheimer is best described as an epic that dares to foray into the mind of renowned theoretical physicist J. Robbert Oppenheimer, who is regarded as the father of the atomic bomb. The film takes us back in time to explore the events leading up to the creation of the world's first nuclear weapon at the heart of World War II. Shot on 65 mm IMAX and large-format film (including black-and-white photography), the film is being hailed as a mesmerizing and immersive experience that redefines the big-screen experience for the post-pandemic audience. Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr. Benny Safdie and several others.

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