Oppenheimer: Gustaf Skarsgard of Vikings Fame Joins Christopher Nolan's World War II Biopic!
Oppenheimer is an upcoming World War II biopic being directed by Christopher Nolan. Gustaf Skarsgard is the latest to join Nolan's film and will star alongside Cillian Murphy.
Los Angeles, Mar 17: Swedish actor Gustaf Skarsgard, best known for shows such as Vikings and Westworld, has joined the cast of Christopher Nolan's upcoming film Oppenheimer. The Universal Pictures project is the biopic of famed physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, one of the fathers of the atomic bomb. Cilian Murphy stars in the titular role. Oppenheimer: Army of the Dead Star Matthias Schweighöfer Cast in Christopher Nolan's World War II Biopic!
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Skarsgard will play Hans Bethe, a German-American nuclear physicist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in physics and was tasked by Oppenheimer to head up the T (Theoretical) division of the Manhattan Project.
Oppenheimer also stars Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid, Matthew Modine, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, David Dastmalchian and David Rysdahl. Oppenheimer: Josh Peck Joins the Cast of Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy’s Film on World War II
It is based on the 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird. The film has booked July 21, 2023 as release date.
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