Oppenheimer trailer out: Cilian Murphy starring as nuclear scientist

Cilian Murphy portrays the titular scientist in Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, which has just debuted its first trailer.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer is credited with the invention of the atomic bomb.

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“We imagine a future, and our imaginings horrify us,” says Cillian Murphy's J Robert Oppenheimer

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The the nuclear physicist was also the director of Los Alamos Laboratory, where the bombs were created.

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The two-minute trailer introduces Oppenheimer as a conflicted man whose flaws are ignored in order to focus on his brilliance.

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