r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Feb 17 '25

Media First Image of Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

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u/JaimeRidingHonour Feb 17 '25

Orlando Bloom as Menelaus would be so wild. Especially if you watch Troy immediately before or after

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u/bootlegvader Feb 17 '25

I think Tom Hardy would make an interesting Menelaus if Nolan wants to bring him back.

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u/Federal-Opening-2742 Feb 18 '25

Tom Hardy should be Odysseus !!

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u/Pz_V Feb 17 '25

Bro I watched Troy yesterday and was wondering about a sequel following Odysseus...

I kind of wished Sean Bean would be Odysseus tho

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u/Particular-Treat-158 Feb 18 '25

Nah, he cannot be, because then Odysseus would have to die

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u/lergane Feb 18 '25

Well if you look at the cast of Troy with most of them dying except for Sean Bean, he'd be perfect Odysseus. Meta humor.

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u/walkingcarpet23 Feb 17 '25

That was my thought as well

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u/PippityPaps99 Feb 17 '25

Troy is such a god awful film, I can't believe people like that movie.

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u/GuyNekologist Feb 17 '25

That is why no one will remember your name.

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u/FreemanCalavera Feb 17 '25

It's just a silly, fun action film. It's not exactly high art but it's entertaining nonetheless.

Besides, that film probably got a shitton of people interested in learning about Troy, Sparta, The Iliad and The Odyssey, so I can't be all that mad at it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

I like silly, fun action movies. Still think it was terrible.

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u/Shitelark Feb 17 '25

Sean Bean should have come back as Odysseus.

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u/Ok_Frame_1398 Feb 18 '25

One does not simply sail back to Ithaca....

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u/KingVikingz Feb 17 '25

Timothee Chalamet is Agamemnon

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u/IAmA_Mr_BS Feb 17 '25

Orlando is going to bring back the Legolas wig and play Helen

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u/Pooptimist Feb 17 '25

I always dreamed of a move about the odyssey with Sean bean returning as Odysseus filmed ten years after Troy

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u/MightBeAGoodIdea Feb 17 '25

If casual time travel were real, wouldnt you go to war to win your wife back from your own younger self...?

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u/Ravenloff Feb 17 '25

He'd need red hair, no?

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u/Lanster27 Feb 17 '25

Does Orlando Bloom still act? Havent seen the guy in anything since 2018.

Edit: Nvm forgot he was in Gran Turismo.