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/peon2 2h ago

What I dislike about that change is Odysseus is tricky with the "Nobody" thing so the Cyclops couldn't get Poseidon to curse them. But when he's escaping Odysseus gets all cocky and yells out to the cyclops his real name and then the Cyclops asks Poseidon to fuck Odysseus' shit up.

The whole crew being unable to get home for years and slowly getting killed off entirely because of Odysseus' ego and desire to brag and taunt the Cyclops about how smart he is is a pretty big part to his character.

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u/solo_dol0 1h ago

Also Odysseus randomly shooting the (blinded) Cyclops becomes very out of character for how Nolan otherwise presents him

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u/SoapyDoodle 1h ago edited 1h ago

Agreed but also in a way it was needed. He was scared, he had just seen several of his men be eaten, and he probably went overkill. That’s why his men said ‘you didn’t have to do that.’. Otherwise Poseidon’s rage would’ve felt less earned.

My main issue is that his men didn’t give him enough shit about it. It was only mentioned as a plot point which felt cheap. My only major criticism with the film

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u/Captain_Kab 1h ago

Bro gave out his full name and address when he had already gotten away

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u/denizenKRIM 1h ago

The whole crew being unable to get home for years and slowly getting killed off entirely because of Odysseus' ego

To be fair a lot of the crew were already escaping out of the cave and practically in the clear, but Odysseus had to shoot an arrow (to the eye!) to agitate the Cyclops further and engage in a chase that got a few of them killed.