Two Hollywood stars join cast of Christopher Nolan’s latest film

Two Hollywood stars have joined the cast of Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film about the creation of the atom bomb (Ian West/PA)

Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr have joined the cast of Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film about the creation of the atomic bomb.

The Hollywood stars will appear in Oppenheimer alongside Irish actor Cillian Murphy, 45, in the lead role as theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer.