Sir Christopher Nolan used “over two million toes of movie” to shoot The Odyssey.
The 2026 fantasy film will adapt Homer’s Greek epic and is the 55-year-old director’s first undertaking since Oppenheimer in 2023, and Nolan has now revealed the lengths he went to to carry the story’s grand scale to life.
Throughout an interview with Empire journal, he mentioned: “I’ve been out on it for the final 4 months. We bought the solid who play the crew of Odysseus’ ship on the market on the actual waves, in the actual locations. And yeah, it’s huge and terrifying and great and benevolent, because the situations shift.
“We actually wished to seize how laborious these journeys would have been for folks. And the leap of religion that was being made in an unmapped, uncharted world.”
The Darkish Knight director joked filming on open seas was “fairly primal”, including principal images for The Odyssey lasted 91 days.
Reflecting on his subsequent movie, Nolan defined he had chosen to adapt The Odyssey as a result of he wished to fill in “gaps in cinematic tradition”.
He mentioned: “There’s a little bit of the whole lot in it. I imply, it really incorporates all tales.
“As a filmmaker, you’re searching for gaps in cinematic tradition, issues that haven’t been performed earlier than.
“And what I noticed is that every one of this nice mythological cinematic work that I had grown up with – Ray Harryhausen motion pictures and different issues – I’d by no means seen that performed with the kind of weight and credibility that an A-budget and an enormous Hollywood, IMAX manufacturing might do.”
The Odyssey follows the king of Ithaca Odysseus (Matt Damon) as he struggles to return residence after the autumn of Troy, confronting monsters, gods and the results of his personal decisions alongside the way in which.
In the meantime, his spouse Penelope and son Telemachus (Tom Holland) battle to guard their fractured kingdom as they await the person who could by no means return.
The Odyssey additionally stars Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Mia Goth, Jon Bernthal, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway and Elliot Web page.
Lately, Web page mentioned it was “such a pleasure” to reunite with Nolan for The Odyssey after engaged on 2010’s Inception collectively.
Talking at New York Comedian Con, the 38-year-old actor mentioned: “I used to be so excited to be considered for [The Odyssey] and to be requested to come back again to work with him.
“I liked working with him on Inception and liked being part of that film. I used to be simply utterly jazzed and excited, and [I] principally went and met with Chris and talked concerning the half, then sat in a room and skim the script. It was such a pleasure to come back again.
“To come back again now, as you possibly can think about, being extra snug in your self makes these kinds of tasks extra gratifying.
“To get to have a Chris Nolan expertise once more now meant a lot to me selfishly.”
