r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/padfoony • 3h ago

Christopher Nolan avoided CGI and used 7ft stuntmen to portray Laestrygonians in The Odyssey. The giant leader, King Antiphates, is portrayed by actor Josh Stewart, while Matt Damon’s stunt double is Devyn Dalton, who is just under 5ft.

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u/brightdionysianeyes 3h ago

I believe Matt Damon said Devyn had the best arms he had ever seen

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u/padfoony 3h ago edited 1h ago

Yes, he did. “The greatest arms I’ve ever seen” were his exact words, haha.

ETA: Source for the content of the post (I made the collage).

Source for the “greatest arms I’ve ever seen” comment.

ETAA: The one pictured here behind Devyn is Stephen Adentan, who portrays one of the giant soldiers. They’re 2 feet apart in height.

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u/Diligent-Bowler-1898 2h ago

For a stunt double, that's like a sneaky self-compliment.

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u/DisorderedArray 2h ago

My boy is wicked smaahhhht. 

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u/DoomGoober 2h ago

I wonder if that's the same stunt double who rope climbs down from the Trojan Horse without using legs...

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u/Deaffin 2h ago

Well, he's not wrong. Those are some fantastic arms.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 1h ago

For real. I'm a sucker for a woman who could beat my ass without being like, grossly muscular, like "John Cena with fake tits" type muscular. Her arms are perfect for my rather specific tastes.

I haven't seen the film yet but if her stunt work is as good as her arms, I might fall in love lol.

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u/Chill_Edoeard 2m ago

John Cena with fake tits would be a waste since you cant see him/them

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u/mencival 2h ago

“Oh so woke!” /s

Elon perhaps

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u/Stone0777 43m ago

What a fucking liar.

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u/Jonezkyt 1h ago

The source doesn't even mention arms.

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u/DJ_faceplant 3h ago

I concur.

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u/77skull 1h ago

I was thinking his arms looked more ripped in this scene than the rest of the movie while watching lol

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u/SorrahVintrel 2h ago

Meanwhile Josh Stewart is wondering where his compliment went😂

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u/Great_Scott7 40m ago

“Why are you gay”

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u/justadude27 8m ago

Clearly he’d never met Josh Stewart then

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u/J0E_SpRaY 0m ago

Damon didn't exactly look bad in the movie either. There's a scene with his shirt off and I looked over to my wife in the theater and gave her a "Are you seeing this??" look.