Robert Downey Jr. talks about his Oscar nomination for ‘Oppenheimer’ – The Hollywood Reporter

Robert Downey Jr.

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Robert Downey Jr. had a major nightmare when he first learned that he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in… Oppenheimer.

The actor, who has now been nominated for three Oscars, narrated the following: the people What He Was Going Through Magazine nominations were announced this morning.

“I was having this nightmare that the kittens (Willow and Winifred) were taking one of my Nicorette wrappers, and I was going to get in trouble,” he told the publication, explaining that his wife, producer Susan Downey, woke him up to tell him the good news and they celebrated the nomination together that day.

the Iron Man The star who portrayed former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Louis Strauss in Oppenheimer, shared that he FaceTimed with fellow supporting candidate Emily Blunt. He also noted that while receiving the nomination was exciting, the real reward for him was being able to spend time with his co-stars, including Blunt, Cillian Murphy and Matt Damon.

“The reward was the experience,” he said of working with them. “There is a bond and we have great respect for each other.”

Blunt echoed L.’s sentiments the people, Pointing out that they were simply happy to be together. “I feel like we were a little gang of this Oppenheimer “A journey that seems to last forever and extend beyond what any of us ever dreamed of,” she said.

Christopher Nolan The biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, received 13 Oscar nominations this year – more than any other film of 2023. It was the most nominated film by a British director and the first time he has received best directing and writing nominations in a single year. Oppenheimer It also received nominations for Best Picture, Actor (Murphy), Cinematography (Hoyt Van Hoytema), and more.