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/Kasern77 3h ago

That's 2.13m and 1.52m in non-primitive measurements.

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u/Budget-Project803 2h ago

Thanks for putting it out there for the Europeans. It really sucks that Americans are forced to use the shitty Canadian system for measuring height

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u/kingfofthepoors 2h ago

given that we are newer... wouldn't that make meters the primitive measurements?

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u/XtendedImpact 1h ago

Foot as a unit of measurement hasn't only been around since the inception of the United States. Some variant of it has been around since the ancient Romans

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u/kingfofthepoors 1h ago

I will hear now lies from you, AMERICA HAS INVENTED EVERYTHING Without us you wouldn't even have fire or the wheel

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u/Zethrofaxus 1h ago

yes 7 foot and 5 foot is incomprehensible by compariosn