00:00You are the man who gave them the power to destroy themselves, and the world is not prepared.
00:07J. Robert Oppenheimer's grandson is revealing what scene from Christopher Nolan's film he would have liked removed.
00:13During an interview with Time magazine, Charles Oppenheimer opened up about what he would have changed in Oppenheimer,
00:19which follows the story of his American scientist grandfather and his role in the development of the atom bomb.
00:24Although he noted that Nolan warned him that there would be parts of the movie that you have to dramatize a bit,
00:29and parts that are changed, Charles would have preferred the scene where Cillian Murphy's Oppenheimer tried to kill his professor
00:35by injecting cyanide into an apple, have been removed from the film.
00:40Charles said this was due to historical inaccuracy, but explained that he was previously not pleased with it being included in the 2006 biography
00:48American Prometheus, The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which Nolan's screenplay is based on.
00:55There's no record of him trying to kill somebody. That's a really serious accusation, and it's historical revision.
01:01He continued,
01:02Sometimes facts get dragged through a game of telephone. In the movie, it's treated vaguely,
01:07and you don't really know what's going on unless you know this incredibly deep backstory.
01:11But overall, Charles said he enjoyed the film.
01:14As a dramatized representation of the history, it was really largely accurate.
01:18There are parts that I disagree with, but not really because of Nolan.
01:21When we push that button, we destroy the world.
01:26Chances are near zero.
01:29Near zero.
01:30What do you want from theory alone?
01:31Zero. Would be nice.
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