Cillian Murphy says he is open to playing Ken if there’s a Barbie sequel: ‘Let’s read the script’

Cillian Murphy is incomes rave critiques for his efficiency in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. In a brand new interview with Cinefilos, Cillian was requested whether or not he could be concerned with taking part in Ken. The actor performs physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, the daddy of the Atomic Bomb, within the biopic. Oppenheimer launched on July 21, the identical day as Greta Gerwig’s movie Barbie, which revolves round two plastic dolls, Barbie and her boyfriend Ken. (Also learn: Oppenheimer overview: Christopher Nolan’s least accessible and bravest movie so far)

About Oppenheimer and Barbie

Oppenheimer is about throughout a interval in historical past when he understood that testing the atomic bomb would destroy the world however that did not cease him from pushing the button. it’s primarily based on the Pulitzer Prize–successful biography “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer.” It additionally stars Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh and Matt Damon in pivotal roles. Meanwhile, Barbie stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. Barbie follows across the premise of Barbie and Ken on a journey of self-discovery to the true world following an existential disaster.

What Cillian Murphy mentioned about taking part in Ken

In a brand new interview with Cinefilos, the snippet of which has surfaced on-line on Twitter, Cillian was requested whether or not he could be concerned with taking part in Ken. He mentioned, “Sure, yeah! Let’s read the script and let’s have a conversation. I can’t wait to see it. I think it’s great for cinema to get all these great movies happening this summer.”

More on Oppenheimer

The simultaneous launch of Barbie and Oppenheimer turned a worldwide pattern named Barbenheimer as each the films proceed to make data on the field workplace. In India, Oppenheimer has fared higher than Barbie, though on the US field workplace, Barbie has outperformed than Oppenheimer.

The Hindustan Times overview of Oppenheimer learn, “Through its blistering tale of destruction, Oppenheimer deconstructs the idea of what a “biopic” needs to be. An announcement of details peppered with context and perspective? Or one thing larger? The finish of a dialog, or the start of 1? In asking us a sequence of necessary questions, Christopher Nolan crafts a chunk of cinema that will not function spectacle, however it definitely is epic.”