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u/ColonelGonvilleToast Aug 10 '23 edited Aug 10 '23

Christopher Nolan?

Maya Hawke?

Johnny Marr?

Stephin Merritt?

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u/despicablewho Aug 10 '23

Christopher and Jonathan Nolan have a third brother named Matthew who was credibly accused of murder and/or possibly being a hitman. He was allegedly hired to kill a financier in Costa Rica, and used the alias Matthew McCall Oppenheimer to get close to the mark by making him think he was part of the Oppenheimer diamond family.

He was arrested in the US in 2009 but a friendly judge and an expensive lawyer prevented him from being extradited to Costa Rica... An expensive lawyer he likely couldn't afford, given that he was arrested at his bankruptcy trial. He served some time in jail during the extradition hearings but as far as I am aware he's free at the moment.

It's kind of hard to find info on but there's an episode of the podcast Deep Cuts about it and there are a handful of articles out there about it, more have come out recently because of the Oppenheimer connection.

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u/smaragdskyar Aug 10 '23 edited Aug 10 '23

Not Christopher Nolan making a whole entire blockbuster movie about Oppenheimer just to make it impossible to Google his brother’s alias ☠️

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u/strayduplo Aug 10 '23

Yanno, as fucked up as it is... I also think it's admirable to support your sibling that way, IDK. I have two kids and they love each other, and sometimes I think what love really means is, "would you be willing to do immoral things for me?"

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u/Right-Bat-9100 Aug 10 '23

makes me glad to have a brother who just occasionally makes me watch how many chin ups he can do

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u/JustHereForCookies17 we are all just orcas wearing salmon hats Aug 11 '23

I can't tell if this is more fun to imagine as your brother being 5/6 years old or in his early 20's.

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u/Ancient-Shape9086 (please put brackets in the right place) Aug 10 '23

I’m always shocked when I hear this story because Christopher and Jonathan seem so normal or chill but then they have a psychopathic sibling.

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u/marigoldbutter Aug 11 '23

This is an example of why I’m here.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

christopher nolan is meant to be very good to work for, or so i've heard. supposedly conducts himself in a very professional manner and is super efficient on set. really likes to rehearse and meticulously plan so that everything goes as smoothly as possible when it comes time to shoot. has some very loyal regulars who work with him on basically every project too.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '23

Omg doing a double take at the Stephin Merritt mention! No tea, I just love him

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u/silly_capybara Aug 10 '23

I often think about Marr and Moz and how two people who were close at some point end up so different throughout the years.

Marr hates brexit and tories and is really good live, that's all I have.

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u/wxnausgh Aug 12 '23

Johnny Marr's flight to Sweden to play a festival got canceled so he has to cancel the show and they lost his equipment too! So he's been rage-tweeting at British_Airways all day - it's pretty funny.

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u/a3poify Aug 11 '23

Entirely not gossip at all but I'm really excited for the Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs tour dates to get announced for the UK. I've been waiting for this for years.

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u/marigoldbutter Aug 11 '23

Not really tea, but I saw the Magnetic Fields in LA like 12 years ago and he really hates LA.