Damon: No Special Treatment on Nolan's Odyssey Set
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- Matt Damon told People there was 'no special treatment' on the set of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, noting director Nolan was 'just as cold and wet as everybody else throughout the whole thing.'
- The Odyssey hits theaters July 17 and adapts Homer's epic, following Odysseus (played by Damon) on his decade-long journey home to wife Penelope after the Trojan War.
- The ensemble cast includes Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Mia Goth, Bill Irwin, and Samantha Morton.
- Damon said he feels 'really bonded' with cast and crew because 'it was so challenging for everyone,' adding that being caught in storms at sea left the whole production literally 'wet with everybody else.'
Why it matters: The piece functions as pre-release publicity for The Odyssey's July 17 launch, giving outlets a reusable humanizing soundbite — Nolan himself getting drenched — to position an unusually crowded A-list ensemble as a bonded unit rather than competing names. Damon's 'equal footing' line also pre-empts questions about how a director juggles that many stars on one set, redirecting the story toward shared hardship.
