Christopher Nolan spills what fascinated him to make his 'biggest' film 'Oppenheimer'

Christopher Nolan opened up about his blockbuster movie Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy as lead, and what inspired him to tell the story of the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Branding the historical thriller as the “biggest film I’ve ever made,” Nolan told The Independent of what fascinated him the most about converting this story into a film.

The acclaimed director, who is the brain behind some of the greatest hits of all time including The Dark Knight trilogy, said what fascinated him was the fact that Oppenheimer knew there was a possibility that his creation would end the entire humanity but he still went on to push the button.

“The film I wanted to make couldn’t have been done smaller,” Nolan said of the movie, which so far has managed to stun the audience worldwide. “It’s not about money, it’s not about budget – the magnitude of the story is what attracted me to it.”

He added, “The fact that Oppenheimer and his fellow scientists couldn’t completely eliminate the possibility that they might set fire to the atmosphere and destroy the entire world, but still triggered the test – the idea of someone taking that risk on behalf of all of us and all our descendants. There’s nothing bigger than that.”

Speaking of his future projects and will he start working on the next one soon or is he eyeing to take a break, Nolan said, “I find it hard to imagine not wanting to make films.”

The Oscar-nominated director added, “I will do this for as long as somebody would support me in doing it.”