With the movie ``Oppenheimer'' about the scholar who led the development of the atomic bomb expected to win this year's Academy Awards, Hollywood actors and artists jointly released a letter calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. .
The Academy Awards, considered the highest honor in the American film industry, are scheduled to be awarded on March 10th, and ``Oppenheimer'', which is about a scholar who directed the development of the atomic bomb, has been nominated in 13 categories, including Best Picture and Best Director. and is attracting attention.
Under these circumstances, actors and artists from the United States and other countries recently jointly published a text titled ``An Open Letter from Hollywood on Oppenheimer and Nuclear Weapons.''
The text appeals for the abolition of nuclear weapons, saying, ``For the sake of a brighter future, we must demand that world leaders make nuclear weapons a thing of the past.''
The letter names 37 people, including actors Michael Douglas and Emma Thompson, as well as multiple actors who appeared in "Oppenheimer" and Charles Oppenheimer, Dr. Oppenheimer's grandson.
Huge billboards and murals have also popped up in Los Angeles that say things like "Oppenheimer started it. We can finish it."
James McKeon, the non-profit organization that started this initiative, said, ``Nuclear weapons still exist in our world, and we believe that by having celebrities take action, we can raise people's awareness.'' We were talking.