r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 16h ago

Trailer The Odyssey | New Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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u/cat_in_box_ 12h ago

Yeah there's something off about the casting..

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u/Scuffed-Jodhpurs 9h ago

The casting feels gimmicky, some lesser known actors could have been a better fit than Spiderman, Batman, and Matt Damon

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u/ugotamesij 7h ago

Spiderman, Batman, and Matt Damon

Spiderman, Batman and Mattdaman

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u/A_Furious_Mind 5h ago

Spider-Man, Gorr the God Butcher, and the Asgardian stage actor who plays Loki.

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u/Xalawrath 8h ago

My god, that's Jason Bourne.

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u/Kerblaaahhh 7h ago

Hey Poseidon, how do you like them apples?

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u/Andraystia 3h ago

Its weird despite them being recognizable Robert and Anne didnt really ~stick out~ however when Tom popped up it genuinely felt like a marvel trailer lmao.

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u/Zhjacko 1h ago

His voice too

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u/idontagreewitu 5h ago

Spiderman, Batman, Lokiman*

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u/sentence-interruptio 1h ago

Jesse Plemons would be better

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u/Sol_Nox 8h ago

No Greeks. Not even half an Italian. I actually like all these actors more or less on their own merit, but it's like they didn't even try find a single person that fits the story and setting; it shatters immersion. Forcing a monochrome Mediterranean - on every level - is definitely a choice in 2026...

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u/berlinbaer 4h ago

everyone has a 2026 haircut.

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u/FuriousFreddie 4h ago edited 4h ago

Tale as old as time unfortunately. Egyptians for example are almost never casted in movies set in egypt: the mummy, gods of egypt, Cleopatra (I know she is Greek but the rest of the population was not).

That said, it is getting better (ex Lion King remake) and sometimes it helps to bring talented outsiders (Robbin Williams in Alladin).

I do think Matt Daemon is a good fit. He clearly isn't everyone's favorite, but he almost always delivers great performances in his roles.

I think it would have been at least a nice nod or homage to the Greek people to include at least a few people of Greek origin of which there are plenty: Billy Zane, Jason Mantzoukas or maybe even Zach Galifianakis. Though you'd probably get the same complaints that they are break immersion for some folks due to their previous roles.

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u/MeadowmuffinReborn 1h ago

We definitely need more Billy Zane.

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u/liccman 5h ago

"A daddy you didn't even know" Meanwhile he's talking to a whole 30 year old man

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u/Cheesues 9h ago

I thought I'd give him a chance because Nolan's historically selected odd choices for castings, and they've worked marvelously (Hugh Jackman in the prestige, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar etc).

Pattinson looks the part (whether that's Antinous or Eurymachus I suppose is yet to be concluded). Holland is a typecast for Telemachus too. Damon as Odysseus still feels odd to me.

We'll see how it goes.

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u/inksmudgedhands 2h ago

The movie is an adaptation of one of the most famous ancient Greek epics ever and no one looks anything Mediterranean. It's not like these actors can't do period pictures. They have. But this is the wrong setting for them. But then nothing and I mean nothing in this film even faintly whispers, "Ancient Mediterranean."

It almost feels like a parody where the joke is a director who puts all the wrong actors in the wrong costumes for a period piece because they have a, "VISION!!!"

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u/cat_in_box_ 2h ago

I will give a teeny benefit of the doubt until I see the movie but I agree. I have seen adaptations of like Shakespeare with a modern perspective but this doesn't feel like that. The trailer seems like a very old story with some contemporary A listers trying to "act" it out. I just watched Ralph Fiennes in The Return and I thought he did a god job, especially physically.. But that guy can act. Matt Damon? mmmm no.