Matt Damon Praises His Female Stunt Double On 'The Odyssey': 'Greatest Arms I've Ever Seen'
Damon said the double handled forced-perspective shots in the Laestrygonians sequence, while the film topped $264 million worldwide in its debut weekend.
- Actor Matt Damon revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he used a female stunt double for arm shots in director Christopher Nolan's film, The Odyssey.
- To film scenes featuring the giant Laestrygonians, the production utilized forced perspective techniques, requiring stunt performers of varying heights—some seven feet tall, others under five feet—to create scale illusions alongside Damon.
- Damon praised his double, saying "a female stunt performer who had the greatest arms I've ever seen." He met her in the catering tent and thanked her for the work she contributed to the film.
- The Odyssey dominated the weekend box office, earning $124 million in the U.S. and $264 million globally, marking director Christopher Nolan's biggest global opening ahead of Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight.
- Based on Homer's ancient Greek poem, the film depicts King Odysseus's dangerous voyage to Ithaca after the Trojan War, featuring a star-studded cast including Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, and Charlize Theron.
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Matt Damon Praises His Female Stunt Double On 'The Odyssey': 'Greatest Arms I've Ever Seen'
Matt Damon, who turns 56 years old this year, clearly put in tons of work in the gym in order to play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. That literal heavy-lifting, however, doesn’t mean he’s unwilling to give credit where its due elsewhere. During a recent podcast interview, The Odyssey star Matt Damon revealed that […] The post Matt Damon Praises His Female Stunt Double On ‘The Odyssey’: ‘Greatest Arms I’ve Ever Seen’ appeared first …
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