Yahoo Movies Oppenheimer’s grandson reveals the scene he would have removed
Oppenheimer spoilers follow.
Oppenheimer is making waves at the box office, sharing the same release date as Barbie - who hasn't heard of Barbenheimer?
The three-hour blockbuster is fairing well against its pink rival, with both films praised by cinema-goers and scoring big on revenue.
With Oppenheimer's story told on the silver screen, his grandson has spoken about what landed and what missed the mark when telling his grandfather's story.
J. Robert Oppenheimer's grandson, Charles Oppenheimer, says he was pleased with the film - however, there was one scene he would have removed.
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At one point in the movie, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphey) injects an apple with poison, which he plans to give to his professor.
He eventually comes to his senses and throws the apple away.
Charles told Time: "I definitely would have removed the apple thing. But I can't imagine myself giving advice about movie stuff to Nolan.
"He's an expert, he's the artist, and he's a genius in this area."
He revealed to Time that the Oppenheimer family try to stay out of tellings about his grandfather, with his father telling him it was "not very classy" to do so. But when he saw Christopher Nolan attached to the movie, he requested to be involved.
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Oppenheimer is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.
Charles also had an issue with the apple scene in the book and highlighted: "The part I like the least is this poison apple reference, which was a problem in American Prometheus. If you read American Prometheus carefully enough, the authors say, 'We don't really know if it happened.' There's no record of him trying to kill somebody.
"That's a really serious accusation and it's historical revision. There's not a single enemy or friend of Robert Oppenheimer who heard that during his life and considered it to be true."
Charles was fortunate enough to visit the set a few times and was shocked to hear Cillian as Oppenheimer call someone an "asshole" while filming in New Mexico, stating that his father would not approve.
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Charles said: "And when I went back to Santa Fe and told my dad, he was horrified. He said, 'Robert Oppenheimer never swore. He was such a formal person.
"He would never, ever do that.' And I was like, 'Well, it's a dramatisation.' But I was worried that in the movie he would be this swearing, abusive guy."
Overall he was happy with the film and commented: "I thought it told a compelling story and I could just take it as art that was really engaging. I was really happy to have that reaction. I didn't expect it.
He continued: "As a dramatised representation of the history, it was really largely accurate. There are parts that I disagree with, but not really because of Nolan."
Oppenheimer is out now in cinemas.
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