‘It Was Pungent.’ Matt Damon And Christopher Nolan On One Odyssey Scene That Was A 'Dank' Mess

‘It Was Pungent.’ Matt Damon And Christopher Nolan On One Odyssey Scene That Was A 'Dank' Mess

Matt Damon has made it very clear that filming The Odyssey was not an easy feat. He’s gotten real about the rough conditions they worked in, and one time, he told a story about how his co-star, Charlize Theron, acted through “30-to-40-mile-an-hour wind.” Now, the actor and the film’s director, Christopher Nolan, have recalled what it was like to shoot the cave scene, and they described it as “pungent” and “dank” (oh, and it involved a “curtain o…

The Odyssey’s Christopher Nolan Explains Why Cyclops Needed to Be as Realistic as Possible

Image Credit: Universal Pictures Christopher Nolan reveals why the Cyclops scene in The Odyssey had to be as realistic as possible. The director shared more details on the scene’s creation along with Matt Damon. What did Christopher Nolan say about The Odyssey’s Cyclops? Among the many mythical creatures in The Odyssey, the Cyclops Polyphemus holds a pivotal place in the story. For Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the Greek Epic, the man-eating…