Robert Downey Jr.is glad not all dreams come true.
“I was having this nightmare that the kittens [Willow and Winifred] had taken one of my Nicorette wrappers, and I was going to get in trouble," says Downey, who sat down with costarsCillian MurphyandEmily Bluntto discuss the film and their friendship for PEOPLE’s annual Oscar portfolio.
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Downey said he celebrated the good news with his wife and later Facetimed with Blunt. While he is thrilled to get the Oscar nomination, he says the true prize has been spending time with the film’s cast.
“The reward was the experience. There is a bond and we have just huge respect for each other,” Downey says of his costars.
Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey.Stephane Cardinale/Getty
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In the Christopher Nolan-directed film, nominated for Best Picture, Murphy plays physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called “father of the atomic bomb.” Blunt plays his wife, Kitty and Downey portrays Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
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“I’m just happy we have each other. I feel like we’ve been such a little gang of thisOppenheimerride, which seems to be forever lasting and extends beyond what any of us dreamt of.”
source: people.com
