Christopher Nolan confirms his daughter will make a brief appearance in ‘Oppenheimer’ cameo

Actor Christopher Nolan, who is gearing up for the release of his film ‘Oppenheimer, has opened up about casting his daughter Flora Nolan in a cameo role in his film. She reportedly plays a character, who gets her face melted off in the film.

In a recent interview, Christopher Nolan said he made a last decision to cast Flora in ‘Oppenheimer’, while she was visiting him on the sets during filming.

Speaking with The Telegraph, he said, ‘We needed someone to do that small part of a somewhat experimental and spontaneous sequence. So it was wonderful to just have her sort of roll with it.’
Elaborating what it was like to stage Flora's death in a 'spine-chilling' scene, Christopher Nolan said that he hopes he wasn't being made to sound like filmmaker Michael Powell, who had cast his 9-year-old son as a child version of a serial killer in the film ‘Peeping Tom’ (1960).

‘But yes, I mean, gosh, you're not wrong. Truthfully, I try not to analyse my own intentions. But the point is that if you create the ultimate destructive power it will also destroy those who are near and dear to you... So I suppose this was my way of expressing that in what, to me, were the strongest possible terms,’ he said.

Flora has previously played an extra in Christopher's 2014 film ‘Interstellar’.

‘Oppenheimer’ will be released in theatres on July 21. The film stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr, Rami Malek, Casey Affleck, Kenneth Branagh, and more.

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