Florence Pugh reveals the camera broke during her and Cillian Murphy’s intimate scene in Oppenheimer, leaving them stuck on set waiting for repairs.
“In the middle of our sex scene, the camera broke. No one knows this, but it did.”
“Our camera broke when we were both naked, and it was not ideal timing.”
Pugh said the closed set made the situation awkward, with her and Murphy having to wait while the crew fixed the equipment.
Instead of sitting silently, she turned the unexpected pause into a learning moment:
“So tell me, what’s wrong with this camera?”
Director Christopher Nolan later explained the issue involved the way light was entering the camera.
Pugh said the experience showed how passionate and skilled the entire Oppenheimer crew was, describing every moment on set as a privilege.