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Matt Damon explains that Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey used mainly practical effects for the Laestrygonian attack—giants created via forced perspective with tall and short stunt performers and a real-operative approach—while most filming took place on location across six countries over 91 days in 2025, including Greece and Morocco, highlighting Nolan’s commitment to real-world scale over CGI.
Matt Damon revealed a female stunt double performed for him during The Odyssey’s Laestrygonians sequence, praising her as having "the greatest arms I’ve ever seen" and noting force-perspective shots helped sell the giants; he also said he got lean for the role, dropping to 167 pounds and following a gluten-free approach.
Matt Damon revealed on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that a female stunt performer doubled for him in a Laestrygonian sequence in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, praising her arms and thanking her in the catering tent; the film, also starring Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland, opened July 17 and earned about $264 million worldwide in its debut weekend.
Decider explains that the Laestrygonians—the giant soldiers Odysseus faces in Homer’s Odyssey—are retained in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, but are reimagined with eerie forest-trap visuals and tied to Zeus’s Law, underscoring Nolan’s blending of ancient myth with his signature epic scale.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey features a brutal Laestrygonian assault on Odysseus and his crew, filmed with forced-perspective tricks, wirework and seven IMAX cameras to maximize disorientation; Nolan says the giants’ weapons and armor are unlike anything Odysseus has seen and the sequence tests his leadership, leaving the crew shaken as the film heads toward its July 17, 2026 release.