Who Does Jack Quaid Play In Oppenheimer?

At the age of 24, Richard Feynman may have been significantly young compared to some of the other scientific heavyweights participating in what would ultimately become the creation of the first atomic bombs. But his intelligence couldn't be denied, especially by J. Robert Oppenheimer. In 1943, when Feynman first joined the secret project at Los Alamos Laboratory, Oppenheimer greatly complimented Feynman writing that he considered him "by all odds the most brilliant young physicist" involved in the project. That's high praise. However, according to some colleagues, Feynman also had a particularly mischievous vibe about him. For instance, some of his more eccentric activities included expertly cracking office safes and cabinets.

Still, that all did little to deter the confidence and praise he got from theoretical division chief Hans Bethe. Bethe and Feynman worked remarkably well together, with Bethe having enough faith in the younger scientist to promote him as a group leader within their division. Feynman was even present during testing for the first bomb. With his life past the Los Alamos Project, Feynman is probably worthy of his own blockbuster biopic. He later won a Nobel Peace Prize and was even a part of an investigation panel into the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. But in "Oppenheimer," he could potentially serve as one of the film's most intriguing people to watch outside of Oppenheimer himself.