 Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan revealed he cast his own daughter in a daring scene and watched her become gravely injured on screen during filming for the highly anticipated flick. The famed filmmaker revealed that his movie exploring the life of atomic bomb creator J Robert Oppenheimer, featured a gruesome cameo by one of his nearest and dearest. Explaining that his daughter Flora stepped up to take on the role of a girl whose face becomes damaged during an explosion that plays out in the main character's mind, Christopher said the idea came to him while his wife and offspring were visiting him on set. The creative's wife and producer Emma Thomas and their daughter came to have a look around the production sets while the film was still being made. Christopher told the Telegraph: 'We needed someone to do that small part of a somewhat experimental and spontaneous sequence. 'So it was wonderful to just have her sort of roll with it.' The director cast his daughter in the new film (Picture: WireImage) He asked his eldest daughter to appear in a gruesome scene (Picture: GC Images) Acknowledging it was a strange casting choice to have his own child play out such a grisly scene, the star admitted: 'Truthfully, I try not to analyse my own intentions. 'But the point is that if you create the ultimate destructive power it will also destroy those who are near and dear to you. 'I suppose this was my way of expressing that in what, to me, were the strongest possible terms.' The highly anticipated film stars Cillian Murphy in the titular role and includes appearances from Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr and Florence Pugh. Cillian plays the titular character in the film (Picture: AP) The cast walked out of the premiere in support of the writers' strike (Picture: WireImage) Christopher's comments came after the stars of the flick staged a walk-out from the London premie){kind=link}
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Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan revealed he cast his own daughter in a daring scene and watched her become gravely injured on screen during filming for the highly anticipated flick.
The famed filmmaker revealed that his movie exploring the life of atomic bomb creator J Robert Oppenheimer, featured a gruesome cameo by one of his nearest and dearest.
Explaining that his daughter Flora stepped up to take on the role of a girl whose face becomes damaged during an explosion that plays out in the main character’s mind, Christopher said the idea came to him while his wife and offspring were visiting him on set.
The creative’s wife and producer Emma Thomas and their daughter came to have a look around the production sets while the film was still being made.