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The 'Oppenheimer’ cast on shooting the film's most remarkable moments

"You can almost divide human history into before and after that moment."
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Matt Damon and Emily Blunt interview for Oppenheimer movie
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Mashable editor Shannon Connellan sits down with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt to discuss what it was like shooting the Trinity test scene in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Oppenheimer is in cinemas July 21.

Editor's note: Mashable's interviews were conducted ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike, commenced July 13.)

Topics Film

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Shannon Connellan
Senior Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's Senior Editor, General Assignments, based in London. She has been Mashable's UK Editor (and still manages the illustrious UK team) and Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives searching for Exit 8. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror, and loves to nerd out with movie stars, filmmakers, and TV creators.


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