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Matt Damon opened up about how he and his wife Luciana Barroso went to couples therapy to negotiate whether he would star in director Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matt Damon revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that Christopher Nolan found his way into one of the actor’s couples therapy sessions. While avoiding marital specifics, Damon said that he told his wife he would take an acting break on only one condition: If Christopher Nolan called, the break could go on hold. His wife agreed to the terms. As fate would have it, Nolan did call with an offer for Damon to star in “Oppenheimer.” “This is going to sound made up, but it’s actually true,” Damon said. “I had — not to get too personal — negotiated extensively with my wife that I was taking time off. I had been in ‘Interstellar’ and then Chris put me on ice for a couple of movies, so I wasn’t in the rotation, but I actually negotiated in couples therapy ­— this is a true story — the one caveat to my taking time off was if Chris Nolan called. This is without knowing whether or not he was working on anything, because he never tells you. He just calls you out of the blue. And so, it was a moment in my household.”

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Cillian Murphy said during an interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast that Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” was made on a relentlessly fast schedule. “We made the movie unbelievably quickly. We made it in 57 days,” the actor revealed. “The pace of that was insane.” By comparison, Nolan’s World War II survival thriller “Dunkirk” shot for 68 days, and his massive spy movie “Tenet” shot for 96 days. Murphy is front and center in a majority of “Oppenheimer” scenes, making the shorter shooting schedule all the more intense for the actor. “The sets are huge, but it feels like being on an independent movie,” Murphy added about working with Nolan, which he has been doing for over 20 years now. “There’s just Chris and the cameraman — one camera always, unless there’s some huge, huge set piece — and the boom op and that’s it. There’s no video village, there’s no monitors, nothing. He’s a very analog filmmaker.”

were a great team, the Oppenheimer actor just shared a story about his wife that will change your mind.During a recent interview with Jake Hamilton, the revealed the simple, yet life-changing advice he received from his wife after falling into a “depression” over a project that wasn't turning out the way he'd hoped. "I think, without naming any particular movies, that sometimes you find yourself in a movie that you know perhaps might not be what you had hoped it would be, and you're still making it," Damon said, per . "Halfway through production and you’ve still got months to go, and you’ve taken your family somewhere, and you’ve inconvenienced them. And I remember my wife pulling me up because I fell into a depression about, like, what have I done?”But didn't let the Good Will Hunting writer and star spiral.

McKinley Franklin editor Christopher Nolan cast his eldest daughter in a gruesome role for his forthcoming feature “Oppenheimer.” Speaking with the Telegraph, Nolan revealed that his daughter, Flora, visited the “Oppenheimer” set, alongside his wife and producer Emma Thomas, while the film was still in production. Nolan then had the idea to cast Flora in a then-open role: a nameless young woman who has her face damaged by a nuclear explosion in a sequence within the main character’s mind. “We needed someone to do that small part of a somewhat experimental and spontaneous sequence,” Nolan said. “So it was wonderful to just have her sort of roll with it.” 

Matt Damon opened up about how his wife Luciana Barroso helped him when he "fell into a depression" on the set of a movie. During an interview on "Jake's Takes," the 52-year-old actor was asked about the best professional advice that he had ever received from a significant other.

J. Kim Murphy Christopher Nolan expressed caution about artificial intelligence after a special screening of “Oppenheimer,” drawing a comparison between the rapidly developing technology and his new dramatic feature about the creation of the atomic bomb. Nolan’s remarks came during a conversation following a preview screening of “Oppenheimer” in New York. Moderated by “Meet the Press” anchor Chuck Todd, the panel included Nolan, as well as Los Alamos National Laboratory director Dr. Thom Mason, physicists Dr. Carlo Rovelli and Dr. Kip Thorne, plus author Kai Bird, who co-wrote “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” which Nolan’s film is based on.

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan is supporting actors and writers and taking a step back from filmmaking as the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes continue.

Despite making some of the most revered sci-fi movies of the past few decades, Christopher Nolan does not use modern technology, like email or smartphones. According to a Hollywood Reporter interview with the British director behind “Oppenheimer”, his latest theatrical release, it’s about avoiding distractions that come with having advanced devices.

George Clooney is the latest A-list star to voice his support for the actor's union strike. In a statement shared with Fox News Digital on Friday, Clooney said, "This is an inflection point in our industry."  He continued, "Actors and writers in large numbers have lost their ability to make a living.

Josh Hartnett and Tamsin Egerton are looking cozy on the red carpet!

Matt Damon has led a number of movies that have topped the box office and even garnered him accolades, including one Oscar win for co-writing and several other Academy Award nominations for acting, he admitted there has been a time where he found himself in a «losing effort,» causing him to fall into a depression while on set. «I think, without naming any particular movies, that sometimes you find yourself in a movie that perhaps might not be what you had hoped it would be and you're still making it,» Damon told Jake Hamilton, host of the YouTube interview series, while promoting his latest role in «I remember halfway through production — and you've still got months to go and you've taken your family somewhere, you know, and you've inconvenienced them — and I remember my wife pulling me up because I fell into a depression about, like, 'What have I done?'» Damon recalled, referring to Luciana Barroso. «And she just said, 'We're here now,'» he revealed.  «I do pride myself, in a large part because of her, at being a professional actor.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Universal Pictures has canceled the upcoming red carpet at the U.S premiere of Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” amid the SAG-AFTRA strike. The movie will still be screened, however. The premiere is set to take place on Monday, July 17 at 7pm ET in New York City at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square theater. SAG-AFTRA called a union strike on July 13, with the first day of picketing beginning July 14. “In support of the ongoing SAG strike, the filmmakers of ‘Oppenheimer’ will not be proceeding with the NY premiere as originally planned, and will instead screen the movie to celebrate the crew and craftspeople who contributed to making this landmark film,” a statement from Universal Pictures read.

Christopher Nolan does not use modern technology, like email or smartphones. According to a interview with the British director behind, his latest theatrical release, it's about avoiding distractions that come with having advanced devices. «I think technology and what it can provide is amazing. My personal choice is about how involved I get,» Nolan says in an interview with the trade publication.

Matt Damon hasn’t always had it easy making movies.

“This is an inflection point in our industry,” George Clooney said today, becoming one of the highest-profile actors to speak out in support of striking SAG members.

Members of SAG-AFTRA are showing their support after the labor union failed to reach an agreement with studios over fairer wages, the use of artificial intelligence in media and other issues.

Well, it’s begun. SAG-AFTRA officially began their strike on Thursday after negotiations with the studios broke down.

Hollywood stars will walk off sets after US actors union Sag-Aftra announced its first major members strike in over 40 years. The decision came after negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed to produce new contracts for members on Thursday.

The cast of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film “Oppenheimer” walked out of Thursday’s London premiere to attend “an imminent strike by SAG” in support of Hollywood writers, who continue to fight for their labour rights.

The cast of Oppenheimer staged a walk-out from its London premiere as a Hollywood actors' strike was confirmed. Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon were among those who left the star-studded event to “write their picket signs”.