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Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer and Margot Robbie plays Barbie. in Barbie.
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The Economist
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They make an intriguing pair of rivals: he in a brown suit and pork pie hat, she in a gingham dress and matching hair bow. His domain is a vast scientific research facility in New Mexico; hers is a fluorescent pink party house with a slide.
J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by an Irish actor, Cillian Murphy)
