Josh Hartnett has had a career full of fascinating roles and unexpected choices. From The Virgin Suicides to his latest film Trap , Hartnett has showcased his range as a performer within many different genres. However, his journey to working with Christopher Nolan on Oppenheimer might be one of his most intriguing stories yet.
The Pearl Harbor actor recently opened up about how he landed a part in the ambitious, Best Picture-winning biographical drama, and how they first met to talk about the director’s Batman project in the 2000s. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair , Hartnett chatted about some of his past movie roles, and how they influenced his acting career. One of these was Oppenheimer , a role that has been credited with “bringing back” Hartnett after the 46-year-old actor stepped away from big Hollywood blockbusters in more recent years.
He revealed that the part came to him, and he had been looking for an opportunity to work with Christopher Nolan after they spoke about Batman many years ago. He said: I knew Chris from earlier in my career. We didn’t work together, and there’s all sorts of conjecture, conversations that go on around this.
I was never offered Batman, so let’s like, put that to bed. Chris has said it, I’ve said it multiple times. We just talked about it.
I thought maybe I’d never hear from him again. It was a big regret of mine that I didn’t pursue working with him..
. back when I was younger. Because I knew he was a fantastic filmm.