Star-studded Christopher Nolan movie ‘Oppenheimer’ films on UC Berkeley campus
UC Berkeley was buzzing on Friday afternoon as a wedding day, department graduations and a large Hollywood creation occurred simultaneously on campus.
Filming for Christopher Nolan’s star-studded “Oppenheimer” took around the coronary heart of campus. The biopic, primarily based on the Pulitzer Prize-successful “American Prometheus,” facts the existence of physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer taught at UC Berkeley from 1929 to 1943 — his place of work was on the third ground of LeConte Hall — ahead of leaving for Los Alamos in New Mexico, where by he served the U.S. govt produce the atomic bomb as aspect of the Manhattan Challenge.
The movie stars Nolan most loved Cillian Murphy in the titular function, Emily Blunt as Kitty Oppenheimer, Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock and Matt Damon as Leslie Groves.
On Friday, dozens of cars trucked in extras and established dressing, together with an outstanding volume of potted vegetation and trees to deal with up modern day additions like bicycle racks and disabled parking indications. Crews also placed picket sheds more than Cal’s massive, immovable trash and recycling bins. Extras dressed in Entire world War II-period costumes lounged in the shade by the Valley Lifestyle Sciences Constructing males in Army uniforms drew individual glances from passersby.
Extras sit outside the Valley Lifetime Sciences Building waiting for the Christopher Nolan film “Oppenheimer” to film on the UC Berkeley campus on Could 20, 2022.
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Wooden sheds had been brought in to include up UC Berkeley trash cans all through filming for “Oppenheimer” on Could 20, 2022.
Katie Dowd/SFGATEFilming took spot primarily up Campanile Way, the street primary to the Campanile and Oppenheimer’s previous stomping grounds in LeConte Hall. Murphy was observed capturing exterior Wheeler Corridor and the key library, which was outfitted with new lampposts for the event.
By late afternoon, shooting had wrapped, and by Saturday morning, crews have been packing up the numerous plants remaining scattered around campus.
“Oppenheimer” is anticipated to hit theaters in 2023.
