By: Jigyasa Kakwani
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Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for Best Actor for the film 'Oppenheimer' at the 96th Academy Awards.
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Murphy underwent a strict diet to lose weight so that he looks like his character -- theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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In an interview, Murphy's co-star Emily Blunt told ExtraTV that Cillian "could only eat, like, an almond every day. He was so emaciated."
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"We invited Cillian to dinner every night and he never went," Matt Damon told Entertainment Tonight. "He just didn't eat dinner ever."
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Blunt added that Murphy mostly had "one almond most nights or a little slice of apple."
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"I love acting with my body, and Oppenheimer had a very distinct physicality and silhouette," Murphy previously told The New York Times.
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"He was very slim, almost emaciated, and existed on martinis and cigarettes," Murphy added.
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