RDJ's Oppenheimer Role Is Exactly What His Post-Iron Man Career Needs
Robert Downey Jr.’s casting in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic Oppenheimer could be exactly what his career needs post-Iron Man and post-MCU. The upcoming flick, which features an all-star cast bringing a fascinating true story to life, feels different from a lot of the previous projects RDJ has taken on since he took his final bow as Iron Man back in Avengers: Endgame. The role RDJ is rumored to play in Oppenheimer should give the seasoned actor a chance to flex his acting chops in a very different way.
Oppenheimer, a biopic directed and written by Christopher Nolan, follows the true story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a physicist who worked on The Manhattan Project, and an instrumental force behind the creation of the atomic bomb. Longtime Christopher Nolan collaborator Cillian Murphy is set to lead the film as the eponymous physicist alongside a star-studded cast, which, of course, also includes Robert Downey Jr. And, it seems that in addition to lending his talents to the biopic (which will undoubtedly be on awards watchers' early lists), RDJ’s role as Lewis Strauss, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, will serve as an antagonistic force against Murphy’s Oppenheimer.
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Since audiences have largely grown accustomed to seeing Robert Downey Jr. play the wise-cracking but loveable hero Iron Man, it’ll be great for RDJ to take on the role of an antagonist in Oppenheimer. He’ll not only potentially get to give a darker, more imposing performance, but he’ll also get to distinguish himself from some of his other post-Iron Man roles, like his role in the unsuccessful Dolittle reboot. Much like some of RDJ’s other MCU costars, like Pam & Tommy's
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