Oscar winners against nuclear weapons: Film stars such as Jane Fonda (86), Michael Douglas (79), Julianne Moore (63) and Emma Thompson (64) have joined an open letter in which world leaders call on nuclear disarmament. The action goes back to the organization “Nuclear Threat Initiative” (NTI), which wants to use the attention for Christopher Nolan’s (53) Oscar-nominated film “Oppenheimer” (2023) to advance the discussion about the nuclear threat.
Ahead of the Oscars on Sunday evening (March 10/11), the organization launched the “Make Nukes History” campaign in Los Angeles on Wednesday. With the help of billboards, art installations, social media campaigns and the above-mentioned open letter from top stars, which was published in the “Los Angeles Times”, attention is to be drawn to the civilization-endangering risks of today’s nuclear arsenals.
Many other US stars such as the “Oppenheimer” actors Matthew Modine (64) and Tony Goldwyn (63) as well as Lily Tomlin (84), Viggo Mortensen (64) and Rosanna Arquette (64) joined J. Robert Oppenheimers (1904 -1967) grandson Charles Oppenheimer (48) and signed the letter.
“We want to raise our voices to remind people that while Oppenheimer is history, nuclear weapons are not,” the group wrote in its letter. “To protect our families, our communities and our world, we must demand that world leaders commit to making nuclear weapons a thing of the past – and building a better future.”
The biopic “Oppenheimer” has had a successful awards season and is widely considered a leading candidate for the Oscars for best picture. The film has been nominated 13 times in total. The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who, together with a team of scientists, developed and constructed the atomic bomb.
