Gary Oldman Reuniting With Director Christopher Nolan to Appear in One Scene in OPPENHEIMER

Academy Award-winning actor Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) has signed on to reunite with director Christopher Nolan in his upcoming film, Oppenheimer. He joins previously announced cast members Cillian Murphy, in the lead role of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Oldman’s The Dark Knight Rises co-star Matthew Modine, Matt Damon, James D'Arcy, Kenneth Branagh, and The Dark Knight actor David Dastmalchian, as well as Rami Malek, Florence Pugh, Emily Blunt, Jack Quaid, Gustaf Skarsgård, Robert Downey Jr., Jason Clarke, Josh Peck, Michael Angarano, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, and Tony Goldwyn.

Oldman revealed the news of his involvement in an interview on the UK radio station, TalkSport. He made clear that he's only playing a small role in the film, stating, "I have one day [of shooting], one scene, a page and a half [of the script]."

So it’s not a huge part, but it will still be fun seeing him appear in the film. The story centers on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who ran the Manhattan Project that led to the invention of the atomic bomb during World War II. The film has been described as an “epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.”

Oppenheimer is currently shooting, and is set to hit theatres in 2023.