If Cillian Murphy's J. Robert Oppenheimer was the anti-hero of director Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," Lt Gen. Leslie Groves, portrayed by Matt Damon, is his equally controversial counterpart Tasked with staffing what would eventually become known as the Manhattan Project, Damon's character is the dutiful Army servant given the dubious honor of presiding over a team of brilliant scientists who in no way conform to the military's notions of hierarchy. "The frustration [for] Groves - what he lived with as a military person - he suddenly finds himself in charge of a bunch of civilians who don't really recognize the chain of command," Damon told Military Times. In a serious film about one of the most devastating weapons ever created, Damon manages to bring a bit of levity via the near-comical level of rigidity with which he portrays Groves.
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