Nobody knows him, and he’s inscrutable, and hes kind of boring?"

“Cillian brought this intensity to it,” she continued.

“I was just mesmerized by this performance, and you wanted to know who he was.”

Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in OPPENHEIMER, written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.

Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures

The Academy voters certainly feel the film was worth the three hours in a theater.

On Sunday,Robert Downey Jr.won a major Oscar victory,receiving the award for Best Supporting Actor.

“I’d like to thank my veterinarian I mean wife, Susan Downey over there.

She found me a snarling rescue pet, and you loved me back to life.

That’s why I’m here.

As for Nolan himself, Lame joked, “You’re okay too.”

With reporting from Lauren Huff.