15 Things You Somehow Missed In Oppenheimer
14. The Oval Office Set Was Borrowed From Veep
This is a fun one. The White House's Oval Office is obviously one of the world's most iconic locations, and Hollywood has gotten extremely good at replicating it for the big screen.
But when it came to Oppenheimer things got tricky, as the original plan to shoot in California's Nixon Library fell through just a week before filming was scheduled to take place.
And with Gary Oldman's availability being extremely limited, there was no way to move the shooting date back.
But heroic, Oscar-nominated production designer Ruth De Jong saved the day by finding an existing Oval Office set - in fact, the same one used for HBO's hit political satire series Veep.
De Jong had her crew spend five days re-assembling and re-painting the set, while also building an adjoining lobby and cabinet room. Time proved to be so tight that, according to De Jong herself, the paint was still wet when Oldman got on set.
Though Oppenheimer and Veep's distinct visual styles make this a bit tough to spot, you're indeed looking at the very same set where Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Selina Meyer sat.