“We always knew that the Trinity test would have to be a showstopper,” says the filmmaker.

It’s the fulcrum that the whole story turns on."

“Andrew Jackson understands the computer world but he also understands the analog world.

Christopher Nolan attends the “Oppenheimer” premiere at Cinema Le Grand Rex

Christopher Nolan at the Paris premiere of ‘Oppenheimer’.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

He’s wonderful with that.

“I was like, well, we only see it in these shots and those shots.

And where is the movie version of the bomb now?

Oppenheimer

‘Oppenheimer’ poster.Universal Pictures

In Nolan’s garage, where he reportedly keeps the Batmobile?

“I do not have it in my garage, but it’s around somewhere,” he says.

“We were very fortunate, the weather did all the things we needed it to do.

Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in OPPENHEIMER

Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Universal Pictures

It was really wonderful.

I’m rumored to be lucky with weather.

Oppenheimerdrops in theaters July 21.

Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’

Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Universal Pictures

See Nolan and his cast reveal more about the making ofOppenheimerin the fullAround the Tablevideo below.

EW’sAround the Tableinterview was conducted prior to the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

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