Matt Damon Says 80th Film The Odyssey Was His Hardest at 55
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 12
Matt Damon Says 80th Film The Odyssey Was His Hardest at 55
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 12
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Matt Damon said Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” was the hardest film of his roughly 80-movie career, describing the shoot as more like an expedition than a movie.
Morocco beaches, mountaintops and boats in stormy conditions pushed cast and crew to their limits, while Damon said Nolan endured the same cold and wet conditions on set.
At 55, Damon said preparing to play Odysseus required heavy training and a strict diet to meet Nolan’s request that he look “lean but strong.”
167 pounds became his working weight on the film, down from his usual 185 to 200, and Damon said cutting gluten was a life-changing shift that helped sustain the transformation.