"I had been successful Interstellar, and past Chris enactment maine connected crystal for a mates of movies, truthful I wasn't successful the rotation," the 52-year-old shared, "but I really negotiated successful couples therapy—this is simply a existent story—the 1 caveat to my taking clip disconnected was if Chris Nolan called."

And Matt admitted that erstwhile helium and Luciana struck their deal, helium had perfectly nary denotation that a telephone was coming. 

This is without knowing whether oregon not helium was moving connected anything, due to the fact that helium ne'er tells you," the Downsizing histrion said. "He conscionable calls you retired of the blue. And so, it was a infinitesimal successful my household."

Those unexpected calls from the Inception manager are thing his predominant collaborators person travel unrecorded with—even though they tin ne'er expect erstwhile he'll travel calling.

In fact, Cillian, who has worked with Christopher connected six films, echoed Matt successful noting helium was besides unaware the writer-director was moving connected different movie until the telephone to play the titular theoretical physicist.

"Chris' mode of operating is that helium conscionable calls you retired of the blue," the Peaky Blinders star recalled. "I genuinely had nary idea. He said helium was making a movie about Oppenheimer and helium said, 'I'd similar you to play Oppenheimer.' I had to beryllium down. It was benignant of overwhelming."

Christopher himself can't assistance but spot the excitement successful the mode helium operates.

"It's a amusive mode to bash it," admitted the 52-year-old. "But it means that it's precise hard to telephone you to spell retired to meal oregon something. Because each clip you reply the telephone it's like, what's it going to be?" 

But on with Luciana accepting the presumption and conditions of Chris' telephone calls, Matt—who shares 4 daughters with the 46-year-old—also credits his woman for being a enactment strategy successful his enactment of work.

"I bash pridefulness myself, successful a ample portion due to the fact that of her, astatine being a nonrecreational histrion and what being a nonrecreational histrion means is you spell and you bash the 15-hour time and springiness it perfectly everything, adjacent successful what you cognize is going to beryllium a losing effort," Matt said in a July 9 quality on Jake's Takes. "And if you tin bash that with the champion imaginable attitude, past you're a pro, and she truly helped maine with that." 

Oppenheimer hits theaters July 21.