This summer’s highly anticipated cinematic event, The Odyssey, brings together a collection of Hollywood powerhouses, from Oscar-winning veterans to era-defining young talents, for this legendary, action-epic story.
Director Christopher Nolan is taking over theaters with his blockbuster retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey, hitting theaters exclusively on July 17.
Nolan assembled an epic cast to film this movie in Morocco, Greece, Italy, Iceland, Scotland, and the United States.
Is Elliot Page playing Achilles in The Odyssey?
According to the listing for The Odyssey on film, Elliot Page plays Sinon, a Greek warrior during the Trojan War. superherohype.
This comes after months of speculation that The Umbrella Academy star will play Achilles, one of the greatest warriors of the Trojan War. Page will instead play Sinon, the Greek soldier who played a key role in the fall of Troy. However, this would likely have been a minor role, as Sinon does not feature prominently in Homer’s Odyssey.
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Matt Damon as Odysseus
As Odysseus, the warrior king of Ithaca, who won an unbeatable battle and now wants to go home to meet his wife and son.
Oscar-winning actor, Matt Damon, has become a staple of blockbuster movies about heroic but human men trying to get back to their beds, from space in Interstellar and The Martian to bomb making in Oppenheimer.
Anne Hathaway as Penelope.
To play Penelope, Odysseus’s wife and Queen of Ithaca, Nolan turned to another reliable collaborator, Oscar winner Anne Hathaway. Since her first Nolan role as cat burglar Selina Kyle in 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises, she’s won an Oscar for Les Misérables and remains everyone’s favorite.
Tom Holland as Telemachus
While many actors have worked with Nolan on multiple occasions, Tom Holland has finally checked it off his bucket list after years of hearing about life on the Nolan set from Spider-Man stunt coordinator George Cottle.
He plays Telemachus, the son of Odysseus.
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Zendaya as Athena
Zendaya never saw the role coming. “I remember getting the call from Tom and I was over the moon,” she says of partner Holland. “So when he came home and said: ‘Chris wants to talk to you about something,’ I said: ‘Wait – what?!’ It was like I won the lottery,” according to Guardian.
Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war and is played by Zendaya, who never fails to be the most compelling thing in any frame.
Robert Pattinson as Antinous
Robert Pattinson plays Odysseus’s adversary Antinous, one of several who plot to marry Penelope and kill Telemachus.
According to the report, other cast members include Lupita Nyong’o as Helen and Clytemnestra (a dueling role), Charlize Theron as Calypso, Samantha Morton as Circe, Benny Safdie, Jon Bernthal, Himesh Patel, Corey Hawkins, Mia Goth, James Remar, Bill Irwin.
what is odyssey about
After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous journey back to Ithaca, encountering mythical creatures such as the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and Calypso along the way. Meanwhile, the ruthless antagonist Antinous sets his sights on the queen while her husband stays away.
The film has received enthusiastic reviews from critics. The Telegraph described it as “the film of the year”, while the Metro said the film would “change cinema forever.” According to the BBC, the Times called it “a masterpiece in every way” and the Standard praised it as “a towering piece of cinema”.
For the first time, Nolan used IMAX cameras to shoot The Odyssey entirely on IMAX film, with the intention of drawing modern audiences to the classic story.