Smoked a hundred cigarettes in Oppenheimer: Cillian Murphy will no longer play smokers The actor does not want to repeat the fate of his character who died of cancer Cillian Murphy refused to play smokers/Photo: Getty Images Actor Cillian Murphy smoked a hundred cigarettes during the filming of Oppenheimer. This work of the actor was the last where he appears on the screen with a cigarette, because Murphy refused to play smokers. Details In Oppenheimer, the actor played the famous physicist Robert Oppenheimer. As you know, the "father of the atomic bomb" was a fan of smoking and martini, and therefore Cillian Murphy had to smoke a lot during filming. The theoretical physicist's unhealthy hab... [Read more]