Matt Damon has collaborated with Christopher Nolan three times: Interstellar, Oppenheimer, and now The Odyssey. Could this finally land him a Best Actor Oscar?
Damon approached the lead role with intense personal commitment, both mentally and physically. He called The Odyssey the biggest film of his life:
“It felt like my one chance in my life to make a David Lean movie… the last big movie on film that I was ever gonna get to make. Yeah, I was wet, and I was cold and I was hungry.”
Nolan wanted a lean but strong look, so Damon trained intensely, dropping from 185–200 lbs down to 167 lbs on a strict gluten-free diet under a doctor's guidance—a regimen he maintained even after filming wrapped.
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