From Teen Magician’s Assistant to Circe’s Odyssey Moment

Samantha Morton began as a teenage magician’s assistant in Nottingham, learning the metamorphosis illusion long before joining Nolan’s The Odyssey as Circe; her one-take performance drew a standing ovation from the crew, a moment Nolan compared to Heath Ledger’s Joker reaction in The Dark Knight, with Circe’s sequence filmed in Scotland and Morton drawing on her dance and gymnastics training to handle the demanding scene.