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If you can believe it, it’s almost been two years since the release ofOppenheimer— and it’s possible that no one had more fun promoting that movie thanJohn Krasinski.
I know what you’re thinking. John Krasinski wasn’t in that movie. And you’d be correct. However, his wife, Emily Blunt, was, which meant John got the joy of tagging along with the cast on part of the press tour, hanging out with the likes ofCillian Murphy,Matt Damon, and Robert Downey Jr. for a summer.
And though he evidently hada great timeas an honorary member of theOppenheimercrew, John recently said he had no desire to visit Emily on set while they were actually making the movie — but for good reason.
John andNatalie Portmanare currently promoting their new movie,Fountain of Youth, and during arecent interviewwith Kevin McCarthy, John revealed that he never visited Emily on theOppenheimerset because he’s just too much of a Christopher Nolan fan. “He’s as big as it gets for me. There’s several directors who I’d probably would never go to their sets,” he added, joking that his Catholic guilt would be telling him: “I’m not supposed to be here.”
“Also, I don’t wanna see how the sausage is made,” John explained. “I will watch their movies and I love not seeing all the magic being made.”
Well, there was certainly no shortage of magic on theOppenheimerset, that’s for sure. Emily earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, and the film went on to win seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian, and Best Supporting Actor for RDJ.
Off the back of his Oscar sweep, Nolan has another big project in the works: an adaptation ofThe Odysseystarring Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, and Anne Hathaway, just to name a few.
Filming hasbeen underwayfor some time now, and despite John’s apprehensions about watching Nolan at work, he said he recently tried to “blackmail” his good friend Matt to get him onto the set. “He didn’t [get me in],” he joked, “and I’ll never forgive him for it.”
With a cast that good, I’d risk it all to be onThe Odysseyset, too. You can find John and Natalie’sinterview here.
