Star-Studded Cast
…This movie has all the makings of being an all-timer.
Christopher Nolan is dominating entertainment news lately with The Odyssey movie getting a lot of hype. The cast is already stacked with big names like Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Robert Pattinson and it’s only getting more packed with big names.
According to Deadline, Jon Bernthal is joining the cast in an unknown role. Bernthal has become one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood. Though he’s rarely a lead in films, he’s always a standout. He’s mostly been doing TV in recent years but landing one of Christopher Nolan’s movies is a big deal.
Jon Bernthal has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY’
Also starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong’o and Robert Pattinson.
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It remains to be seen how big of a role he’ll have. In The Odyssey, the main character Odysseus goes on many adventures and meets many characters across his journey. Bernthal will likely be a side character who has a brief but memorable appearance. While he’s been in some big movies like The Wolf of Wall Street and Ford v Ferrari, he’s never been in anything this big so this could be great for him.
Tom Holland as the Lead?
Christopher Nolan has been very secretive about this project so far. There’s been very little word about who is playing who in The Odyssey. There are so many heavyweight actors like Matt Damon, Lupita Nyongo, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, and all those amazing young actors we mentioned before.
However, it sounds like the plan is for Holland to play the main character Odysseus. Deadline recently mentioned in a report about Holland that he was tabbed to play the lead in The Odyssey. It was somewhat of a throwaway line so it may have been exaggerated but Holland is almost always the lead in Tom Holland movies so it would make sense.
Tom Holland will play the lead in ‘THE ODYSSEY’, Christopher Nolan’s next film
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That said, Odysseus is supposed to be in his late 30s to mid 40s so Pattison would’ve made more sense considering he’s 38. Holland is only 28 and looks even younger so perhaps Nolan is taking a new spin on the story. That would likely mean that Zendaya is set to play his wife Penelope. Regardless of who is playing who, this movie has all the makings of being an all-timer.
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