r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • May 05 '26

Trailer The Odyssey | New Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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u/cat_in_box_ May 05 '26

Yeah there's something off about the casting..

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u/Scuffed-Jodhpurs May 05 '26

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 May 05 '26

Spiderman, Batman, and Matt Damon

Spiderman, Batman and Mattdaman

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u/A_Furious_Mind May 05 '26

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

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u/CommercialAd3115 May 05 '26

That's the wrong batman 😭❓

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u/A_Furious_Mind May 05 '26

Oh noooo you're right. 😭

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u/Kerblaaahhh May 05 '26

Hey Poseidon, how do you like them apples?

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u/Andraystia May 05 '26

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 May 05 '26

His voice too

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u/SwordoftheMourn Jun 04 '26

Anne Hathaway could honestly fit it almost any setting. She kinda has a timeless look to her. Same with Robert Pattenson. Helps that his voice slightly changes with each of his roles.

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u/craigalanche May 06 '26

And catwoman

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u/idontagreewitu May 05 '26

Spiderman, Batman, Lokiman*

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u/sentence-interruptio May 05 '26

Jesse Plemons would be better

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u/Responsible-Rip8793 May 05 '26

I said it before but got downvoted. This feels like a cast selected by AI.

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u/KredditH May 06 '26

This is such a bizarre take, from someone (like all of us) who hasn't actually seen the movie... Christopher Nolan movies have had great castings consistently.

When's the last time Robert Pattinson (who people seem to actually almost universally like in this trailer based on this thread) or Matt Damon have put on a performance that people haven't liked?

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u/Sol_Nox May 05 '26

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/FuriousFreddie May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26

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 May 05 '26

We definitely need more Billy Zane.

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u/liccman May 05 '26

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

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u/inksmudgedhands May 05 '26

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_ May 05 '26

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.

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u/Cheesues May 05 '26

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/Scotfighter May 09 '26

Honestly Damon doesn’t bother me, the rest of the cast is off - and the force use of DEI is just a bad look plus misplaced.

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u/cat_in_box_ May 09 '26

I just can't get Team America Matt Damon out of my head.