Entertainment News | Matt Damon Reveals One of His Stunt Doubles in 'The Odyssey' Was a Female
Get latest articles and stories on Entertainment at LatestLY. Matt Damon physically transformed to play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey', but despite this, he also had some help from stunt performers in some key scenes
Washington DC [US], July 22 (ANI): Matt Damon physically transformed to play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey', but despite this, he also had some help from stunt performers in some key scenes, reported Deadline.
In a new interview, Damon revealed that one of his stunt doubles was a female standing in as the Greek hero as the character faces the giant Laestrygonians.
"When we did the force perspective stuff with the Laestrygonians, there were these stuntmen who were all seven feet, and then they got stunt men who were under five feet," Damon said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast as quoted by Deadline.
"My double was a woman, a female stunt performer who had the greatest arms I've ever seen. When she came into the catering tent, it was the first time I met her. I went up and hugged her and thanked her for all the work she put in," added Damon as quoted by Deadline.
Also Read | 'The Odyssey': Matt Damon Reveals He Worked With Female Stunt Double in Film.
Based on Homer's epic poem, 'The Odyssey' follows the story of Odysseus and his long journey home after the Trojan War. The movie is made on the IMAX camera and is currently screening in IMAX theatres.
The film stars Matt Damon in the lead role, alongside Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and an ensemble cast.
According to Deadline, the 'Odyssey' has had an epic box office run so far with a 264.1M USD global opening weekend. This number is a record for Nolan, whose Dark Knight Rises premiered in 2012 to 249M USD worldwide.
The film already scored the best Monday this year in the US with a reported 18.67M USD.
It has already become Nolan's biggest worldwide opening, beating his previous releases 'The Dark Knight Rises' with USD 249 million and 'The Dark Knight' with USD 198 million. (ANI)
(The above story is verified and authored by ANI staff, ANI is South Asia's leading multimedia news agency with over 100 bureaus in India, South Asia and across the globe. ANI brings the latest news on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Sports, Health, Fitness, Entertainment, & News. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)