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Emily Blunt Knows Why Audiences Are 'Spellbound' By 'Oppenheimer' Co-Star Cillian Murphy; Robert Downey Jr. Joins In The Praise

Ahead of the 2024 Oscars, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr. have heaped praise on 'Oppenheimer' co-star Cillian Murphy.

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The celebrations of 바카라Oppenheimer바카라 haven바카라t ended ever since its release last year. Ahead of the upcoming Academy Awards, for which the film has bagged the most number of nominations (13), actress Emily Blunt heaped praise on Cillian Murphy, who played the titular character in the film. She understands the reason behind fans바카라 deep admiration for the 47-year-old actor, noting that there바카라s an irresistibly captivating quality about him that truly engages viewers.

At the 96th Oscar Nominees Luncheon in California, during a group interview with PEOPLE, Blunt told Murphy, 바카라There is a reverence that you are so deserving of. And you are, like, the quietest conductor of this whole thing. You don바카라t mean to be 바카라 it바카라s not in your nature to want to lead 바카라 but I think that there바카라s something just captivating about you, whether you like it or not, that people are spellbound by.바카라

바카라And it is. As much as you like to say, 바카라This is all of [director] Chris Nolan,바카라 why people are so captivated by this film, but it바카라s you,바카라 she further added.

But it wasn바카라t only Blunt who had a few words to say about her co-star. Robert Downey Jr. also added on to the praise and commended Murphy바카라s leadership. He further stated, 바카라You are meant and born to be at the front of big cinematic experiences.바카라 The actor went on to jokingly say, 바카라I come in, I get your typical, 바카라It바카라s Tony Stark, but now he바카라s bald.바카라 Cillian comes in, people start standing up. Chris comes in, everyone바카라s on their feet.바카라

But it바카라s not just them; it바카라s the entire cast of the much-acclaimed film that truly believe that Murphy has delivered a standout performance portraying the American physicist, more popularly known as the Father of Atomic Bomb, who spearheaded the U.S. initiative to develop the atomic bomb while World War II. As for the other two, Emily Blunt is seen as Oppenheimer바카라s wife, Katherine Oppenheimer, and Robert Downey Jr. takes on the role of the Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss.

All the three stars 바카라 Murphy, Blunt and Downey Jr. 바카라 have been nominated in the categories of Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively at the upcoming Oscars, slated to take place at Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 10, 7 PM local time.

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