Florence Pugh reveals camera broke during ‘Oppenheimer’ sex scene
Oppenheimer star Florence Pugh has revealed that during filming the camera experienced technical issues during an intimate scene with her co-star Cillian Murphy.
In a panel comprising Pugh along with fellow Oppenheimer actors Murphy and Emily Blunt with Jamie Dornan as moderator, the Midsommar actor said that the pair were left exposed when the camera broke during the pivotal scene.
“In the middle of our sex scene, the camera broke. No one knows this, but it did,” Pugh said. “Our camera broke when we were both naked, and it was not ideal timing.”
Pugh mentioned that there was a limited number of cameras, explaining that someone had to come in and attempt to fix the camera. “Cillian and I are in this room together. It’s a closed set, so we’re both holding our bodies like this,” she said, demonstrating how they had to wrap their arms around themselves.
“I’m like, well, this is my moment to learn,” she continued. “‘So tell me, what’s wrong with this camera?’ You just make your moments. I’m like, ‘What’s going on with the shutter here, buddy?'”
She added, “It was just crazy that every person on this set was so knowledgeable and was so ready to make this kind of a movie that there was no dull moment. It was all amazing. It felt like we were lucky to be there every second of the day.”
In the film, Pugh portrayed Jean Tatlock, who was romantically involved with J. Robert Oppenheimer during the 1930s. Both were involved in left-wing political circles and shared an interest in intellectual pursuits. The film garnered the highest number of nominations at the 2024 Oscars, securing 13 nods, including one for ‘Best Picture’.
In a four-star review of Oppenheimer, Far Out wrote: “With Oppenheimer, Nolan hasn’t just delivered an entertaining, thought-provoking movie as he had done with his previous efforts, but a thoroughly important one that informs even the most sheltered of us about the global situation we find ourselves in today.”
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