create the first atomic bomb. you play general leslie groves, who is the military leader of the manhattan project. tollman thinks you have integrity, but he also strikes me as a guy who knows more about science than people. yet here you are. you don t take much in trust. i don t take anything on trust. groves was a bulldozer of a man who famously called the scientists children, crackpots, and prima donnas. why did you want to play this role this. the director, chris nolan, is one of the best directors to ever live. he makes extraordinary movies. it plays like a thriller, like you re on the edge of your seat the entire time. the groves character, i found him very funny. i found him humorous because he was humorless. there was such a kind of philosophical difference between the military mind and the scientific mind. the military guys were obsessed