Christopher Nolan’s Peloton Instructor Has Seen ‘Oppenheimer’ Twice, Still Doesn’t Understand ‘Tenet’: ‘That S— Went Right Over My Head’
variety.comJ. Kim Murphy Christopher Nolan recently recounted an unexpected encounter with a critic of his work while accepting the award for best director at the New York Film Critics Circle ceremony.
The filmmaker told the room that his Peloton instructor suddenly called out his sci-fi film “Tenet” mid-workout, saying “that’s a couple hours of my life I’ll never get back again.” Jenn Sherman, who was the first cycling instructor hired by Peloton, has now posted a response to Nolan’s speech, voicing her awe and appreciation that the director takes her classes, even if the revelation comes under somewhat awkward circumstances “Huge day for me, when I come to find out that the one and only Christopher Nolan, one of the leading filmmakers of the 21st century, knows who the hell I am.
I was excited. And then I read the article,” Sherman said in a Instagram post, speaking against a background of Variety’s article about Nolan’s speech at the NYFCC. “Listen.
It was 2020. It was a dark time. I’m on the platform, teaching my little class, and I’m running my mouth off like I’m known to do.
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