 David Baddiel has shared his thoughts on Cillian Murphy's latest movie role in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. The blockbuster landed in cinemas last week, with the Peaky Blinders star, 47, portraying physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Starring opposite Florence Pugh, who plays his on-screen partner Jean Tatlock, Murphy tells the true story of Oppenheimer's work on the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spent years developing and designing the atomic bomb, which came to fruition in June 1945. It's already become one of the highest-grossing films of the year, but Baddiel has hit out at Murphy's casting for the fact that the Irish movie star is not of Jewish descent like Oppenheimer himself was. The Jewish comedian, 59, suggested in a new article that he isn't totally on board with Murphy portraying 'the father of the atomic bomb'. The Jewish comedian and writer has spoken at length about the importance of 'authenticity casting' (Picture: Dave Hogan/Hogan Media/Shutterstock) As well as Murphy, Tom Conti, who plays Jewish theoretical physicist Albert Einstein in the film, isn't Jewish either. Writing for The Jewish Chronicle, Baddiel penned an article titled: Oppenheimer liked to pretend he wasn't Jewish — like the film. He penned: 'Another day, another film/TV show/play in which a famous Jew is played by a non-Jew. 'I have talked and written about this many times — about how it's a question not of acting but of context: minority casting being presently dominated by the notion of authenticity, the question is why that doesn't apply to Jews, and what that means for how people see Jews — so I shan't rehearse it again. 'But there is another, more complex issue thrown up by the casting in Oppenheimer. Any biopic on such a serious subject as the creation of the atomic bomb needs to delve deep into the psychological und){kind=link}
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David Baddiel has shared his thoughts on Cillian Murphy’s latest movie role in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
The blockbuster landed in cinemas last week, with the Peaky Blinders star, 47, portraying physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Starring opposite Florence Pugh, who plays his on-screen partner Jean Tatlock, Murphy tells the true story of Oppenheimer’s work on the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II.
Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spent years developing and designing the atomic bomb, which came to fruition in June 1945.