Samantha Morton Calls 'The Odyssey' Role a Career Rebirth as Nolan Compares Ovation to 'Dark Knight'
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Updated · NME · Jul 19
Samantha Morton Calls 'The Odyssey' Role a Career Rebirth as Nolan Compares Ovation to 'Dark Knight'
3 articles · Updated · NME · Jul 19
Summary
Samantha Morton said playing Circe in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey felt like a “rebirth” and a “second chance” to reach a wider audience beyond the independent films and TV work that have dominated her recent career.
The 49-year-old actor linked that feeling to ageism in the industry, saying major roles for older actresses are rare and that she cried when Nolan offered her the part.
Nolan underscored her impact by saying Morton’s performance prompted an on-set ovation—the first he had seen since Heath Ledger on The Dark Knight—and called her character the film’s “fulcrum.”
The Odyssey opened July 17 and quickly became Nolan’s best-reviewed film, with Matt Damon leading a large cast that includes Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson.