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/YaManMAffers 3h ago

There were two moments in the movie when you can tell CGI was used. The baby giant (the young face on a man's body, and the cyclops, and the cyclops was barely noticeable CGI.

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u/johnnyredleg 3h ago

And the weird shapeless sea creature…

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u/Darth_Alduin13 3h ago

They haven’t gone in depth on every detail of how they made the movie so I don’t know exactly how they made Scylla, but there is a difference between cgi and visual effects. The only info I can find on that scene is this quote from Matt Damon. “A racket system was rigged and pulled stunt guys up out of the deck of the boat”

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u/ListenBoth434 2h ago

I guess them being yeeted into the air was practical but the monster mostly wasn't.

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u/TbddRzn 2h ago

Did you know that Nolan had s a team of scientists create the monster because he wanted it to be as practical effects as possible.

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u/ListenBoth434 2h ago

Classicists - fear them, loathe them, run from them...

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u/i4got872 1h ago

Yes I read about this. It’s some of those guys in Siberia who study the genetics of ice aged mammals preserved in the ice. Weird it’s not talked about more that they did this too.