Elliot Page Calls Nolan's 'Odyssey' Script 'Breathless' — SkimNews
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- Elliot Page told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show that Nolan's Odyssey script left him 'breathless,' comparing the feeling to reading the Inception script for the first time — 'so complex, so massive, and with this tremendous engine and heart.'
- Page called Nolan's directing style 'impeccable,' saying his sets are 'focused' and his direction is 'concise and just perfect,' and said he felt 'so fortunate to be asked to come back.'
- Page plays Sinon, an Ithacan soldier in Nolan's Odyssey — a character who does not appear in Homer's original text but appears in Virgil's The Aeneid.
- Page described shooting practical stunts including a sequence involving the Trojan Horse early in the story that he called a 'classic Nolan' moment.
- Christopher Nolan said working with Page again was 'really fun,' calling him 'terrific' and calling it 'nice to reunite with people' after their Inception collaboration.
- Elon Musk led online backlash to Page and Lupita Nyong'o (cast as Helen of Troy) before the film's release and has since threatened an entirely AI-generated, 'historically accurate' Odyssey adaptation.
Why it matters: Nolan's reteaming with Page — an explicit Inception reunion — gives the film marquee continuity, while Page's casting as Sinon, a character Homer omitted but Virgil kept, signals Nolan reaching beyond his stated source. The Musk-led casting backlash and threatened AI remake have been rendered moot: the source notes the film has already broken box office records and triggered ongoing ticket frenzy.
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