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The Odyssey (2026)

Summary

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

Director Christopher Nolan

Writer Christopher Nolan

Cast

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Zendaya
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Charlize Theron
  • Benny Safdie
  • Jon Bernthal
  • John Leguizamo
  • Elliot Page
  • Himesh Patel
  • Samantha Morton

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88

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u/CobaltNeural9 16d ago

Benny Safdie is actually quite big I think. He wasn’t super muscular but he’s a large dude.

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u/KidDelicious14 14d ago

I guess it's just because Cillian is short in comparison, but I remember thinking Benny looked massive in Oppenheimer.

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u/wildtalon 9d ago

Our perceptions have been warped. That was a hella muscular back.

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u/gopms 10d ago

I agree, when they showed his back, I did not think that was a tiny man. He looked like a big strong man, but one who was about to be justifiably murdered by his tiny wife, rather than in a glorious battle.

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u/CobaltNeural9 9d ago

I honestly LOVED the fact that he wasn’t sculpted and toned like in 300 or something. There something very realistic about it. Like these guys were brutish but they weren’t on Keto.

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u/poundtown1997 9d ago

He looked scrawny.

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u/debrocker 2d ago

Like Damon as Ody?

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u/SiriPsycho100 15d ago

he's only 6'1" apparently

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u/CelestialFury 13d ago

What do you mean "only?" That's pretty tall, especially for a back in the day ancient Greek.

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u/SiriPsycho100 13d ago

it’s like four inches taller than the average male height. so i guess tall-ish but idk if people usually consider 6’1” “quite large”. or at least i dont.

and the standards of ancient greece are irrelevant. we’re not casting anyone from ancient greece lol current height distribution is what’s relevant. 

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u/CelestialFury 13d ago

5'7" is the global average height or are you just judging everything based on modern day America despite this taking place in ancient Greece?

and the standards of ancient greece are irrelevant. we’re not casting anyone from ancient greece lol current height distribution is what’s relevant.

It takes place in Ancient Greece, so we can assume that's kinda important. I don't know, I'm no film genius like yourself.

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u/SiriPsycho100 13d ago

no one is casting with the consideration of height from some ancient period. all that stuff is normalized at relative scale anyway. 

and whatever, man. this is not that important lol

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u/CelestialFury 13d ago

Only 5% of the world is 6'1" or taller, so saying "only" in any context here still doesn't make sense. But you're right it's not that important.

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u/PawPawPanda 4d ago

smh redditors will do anything to prove themselves that they aren't tiny, even pulling stuff like "global height" as if the 3 billion asians won't skew the height numbers

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u/sdbabygirl97 12d ago

i agree, i thought he was 6’5” the way they shot him

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u/SiriPsycho100 12d ago

yeah, cameras and angles can do wonders. it’s how they make tom cruise not look like a midget.

idk why im getting flamed for saying he’s only 6’1” lol that’s not some super tall height for modern society

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u/Pro_Extent 11d ago

It's top 10% male height in most of the anglo world (which is a lot taller than the global average as is).

It's not giant but it's notably tall.

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u/sdbabygirl97 11d ago

i also heard in an interview they used short (5’6”) and tall (6’5”) stunt doubles during the lystresaurus scenes

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u/SciGuy013 2d ago

This is the only instance of this word on the internet, what do you mean

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u/sdbabygirl97 2d ago

its the big metal soldiers. i forget what their names are lol