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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.
Samantha Morton says landing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey as Circe felt like a rebirth for her career, crying when Nolan offered the role and noting how aging can limit opportunities for women; the star-studded epic, featuring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya among others, opened on July 17 to strong notices, with Nolan praising Morton’s performance as pivotal to the film’s scale and impact.
Samantha Morton delivers a knockout, roughly 10-minute turn as Circe in Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey, transforming Odysseus’ men while grounding the sorceress in trauma and resistance to sexual violence; she praises Nolan’s collaborative approach, discusses the challenge of filming with IMAX cameras, and says the role feels like a rebirth that could fuel Oscar buzz as the film opens with strong previews.