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    The 10 weirdest film premieres – ranked!

    Jul 27, 2023 4 minutes

    10. Oppenheimer (2023)

    The Sag-Aftra strikes haven’t just stopped actors from acting. They are also forbidden from promoting their work, and that means no more interviews, no more larky YouTube videos and, crucially, no more gala premieres. Nothing demonstrated this better than this month’s Oppenheimer premiere in London. The event was moved forward by an hour so that the cast could get dressed up, walk the red carpet, and then leave again as soon as they entered the cinema. This was a very public act of solidarity, or perhaps they just couldn’t stomach sitting through 400 different scenes of strangers telling J Robert Oppenheimer how brilliant yet flawed he is.

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