Although Nolan warned that there were going to be dramatized parts in the movie, Charles Oppenheimer explains which scene he would have preferred not be included in the film.
Although Nolan warned that there were going to be dramatized parts in the movie, Charles Oppenheimer explains which scene he would have preferred not be included in the film.
It’s apocryphal. Apparently he told at least one friend at the time that he had done it. Whether he actually did it or just thought about it and was being a dramatic young man will never be known.
https://people.com/j-robert-oppenheimers-grandson-says-oppenheimer-poison-apple-scene-isnt-true-really-serious-accusation-7566508#:~:text=The%20book’s%20recording%20of%20the,about%20it%20two%20months%20later.&text=%E2%80%9CHe%20had%20kind%20of%20poisoned,book%20quotes%20Fergusson%20as%20saying.
Could have been cool if the sceen was more like a daydream so it references it but doesn’t present it as fact. Although it is a drama/biopic not a documentary