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/TheLongTailGuy 3h ago

Wow she looks just like him

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u/Odd-Painting2596 3h ago

Crazy resume filler

"Lore Accurate 9:10ths scale Matt Damon"

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u/AcrolloPeed 2h ago

^Matt ^Damon

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u/jimmycarr1 1h ago

I know exactly what your comment meant but I'm still thinking of the Team America: Matt Daymon

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u/AcrolloPeed 1h ago

Apparently chevrons don’t ensmallen text on reddit anymore.

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u/RaizePOE 1h ago

they do, but you have to use old reddit

youcanstilldotheprogressivelysmallerthingtoo

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u/Alienhaslanded 1h ago

ohmanthatsucks

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u/DRF19 1h ago

Whatweirdosaren'tusingoldreddit

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 1h ago

Which is incredibly annoying to me. I miss being able to do the smaller and smaller text to imply a comment trailing off. Like the Stupid Sexy Flanders Nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all... getting smaller each time.

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u/fastlerner 32m ago

Like this?

Nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all...

New Reddit says, "You have no power here!" But old reddit works just fine.

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u/theXYZT 29m ago

Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all!

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u/MaleficentRevenge 1h ago

Every.single.time. I hear his name its in the team america mAtT DaMoN

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u/lankymjc 1h ago

I just assumed that's what they were going for.

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u/wishnana 43m ago

Funny enough, both my brain and mouth pronounced it as soon as I saw it written that way. Lol