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Actress Leah Remini sues Church of Scientology

  Actress Leah Remini sues Church of Scientology L eah Remini is taking legal action against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, for harassment and defamation. The actress, who starred in the sitcom The King of Queens, joined the Church in 1979 as a child and left in 2013. Remini, 53, claims Scientology's "mob-style operations and attacks" have "significantly" impacted her life and career. BBC News has asked the Church of Scientology for comment. In a statement released to Variety, Remini said: "For 17 years, Scientology and David Miscavige have subjected me to what I believe to be psychological torture, defamation, surveillance, harassment, and intimidation, significantly impacting my life and career. "I believe I am not the first person targeted by Scientology and its operations, but I intend to be the last." Church says it is still committed to Scientology HQ in Gateshead Scientologists win 'public worship...
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Cillian Murphy was 'destined' to play 'Oppenheimer' now

Cillian Murphy was 'destined' to play 'Oppenheimer' now

In 2014's 'Manhattan' TV show Cillian Murphy was one of the top candidates to play the 'Oppenheimer' role


In 2014, the WGN America's Manhattan series nearly cast Cillian Murphy for Robert J. Oppenheimer's role, which he performed after almost a decade later.

However, the series plot's prime focus was not on the father of the atomic bomb but his assistant on the secret project Frank Winter, played by John Benjamin Hickey, who was a physics professor with excellent intellect but self-destructive nature.

Meanwhile, the troubled physicist made his entry in the first season, following his screen time was shot up in the next season.

In a chat with Vanity Fair, writer Lila Byock said, "When we were casting Oppenheimer, we went through a whole series of different ideas."

She continued, "There were actually some rock stars we considered," including David Bowie (who "was not available") and Beck.

As the creator Sam Shaw revealed, "We wanted Oppenheimer to feel both like he possessed a certain undeniable charisma, a presence onstage, but also that he was playing a different instrument. He needed to feel alien, or other, in some ways."

He continued, "A thousand percent, Cillian Murphy was on that list."

    Planned as a six-season show, Manhattan was cancelled after Season 2, as the nuclear blast was planned in Japan at the Season 3 end, and the focus of the later seasons would be on the Cold War conflict fallout. 

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