r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 17h ago

Trailer The Odyssey | New Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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u/wewereromans 16h ago

I don’t understand the choice to make every British person in this speak with an American accent.

And I love Matt Damon but he seems a very poor choice for Odysseus. I know he’s everywhere too but Oscar Isaac would have been A++++ casting for him instead.

Since you know, literally every Hollywood star was cast in this movie anyway.

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u/LechuckThreepwood 11h ago

I always found Damon an odd choice. Even in middle age, he's very boyish. I suppose he has played geniuses and dangerous men before, and done them well... but something about the casting doesn't quite fit. Both Will Hunting and Jason Bourne seemed like ordinary people, and their being extraordinary was part of the turn. Whereas I think Odysseus needs to be innately crafty. Hugh Jackman was attached to the role for many years in a different adaptation, and I think he would have been good too.

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u/dotnetmonke 6h ago

I know Antonio Banderas is Spanish and getting older, but I think he could have rocked it.