Abu Dhabi, July 13 (IANS) The global premiere of noted filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s film ‘The Odyssey’ in India is not merely a promotional strategy but represents the country’s growing prominence on the global entertainment map, and its emergence as a market the world increasingly trusts, a report has stated. India has also emerged as a destination for major entertainment and media summits, bringing together creators, studios, technology firms, investors and policymakers from across the gl…
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Los Angeles, July 11 (IANS) Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson doesn’t like to play up to people’s expectations. The actor has shared that he loves to “lower people’s expectations” of himself by playing a villain. The 40-year-old actor relished playing Antinous, the main antagonist in Sir Christopher Nolan’s epic ‘The Odyssey’, and also shapeshifting Scytale in Dune: Part Three because he enjoys challenging perceptions, reports ‘Female First UK’.Asked if he likes exploring his bad side…
Los Angeles, July 11 (IANS) Hollywood actor Tom Holland is a good husband, the actor was there to support Zendaya while she filmed a pivotal scene in ‘The Odyssey’. He was recently asked if his character Telemachus received any “wisdom” from Zendaya’s character, the Greek goddess of wisdom Athena, reports ‘People’ magazine.He told CTV’s E Talk, “Matt Damon (as Odysseus) got enlightenment from Zendaya, and you didn’t, not once”.Anne Hathaway, who plays Holland’s on-screen …
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Hollywood star Matt Damon, who is gearing up for the release of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”, has expressed his desire to work with acclaimed Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. The actor revealed that he almost collaborated with Kapur in 2002 but had to pass on the opportunity due to prior commitments to another film.Damon is in India with Nolan and Tom Holland for the promotions of their upcoming epic fantasy action film. During a press conference in Mumbai, the 5…
Los Angeles, July 9 (IANS) Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has revealed what led to him taking up his epic film ‘The Odyssey’. The director said that he made ‘The Odyssey’ to try and escape from the “despair” he felt after directing ‘Oppenheimer’. The 55-year-old filmmaker has helmed the historical epic, which stars Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland, and explained that he decided to adapt Homer’s ancient Greek tale after covering the “disturbing” topic of nuclear war in the 2023 …
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Actress Zendaya has spoken about her working in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ along with how she found her way into Athena by focusing on her human qualities and her connection to Odysseus. “I really connected with the emotional component of it,” Zendaya said.She added: “Athena becomes a reflection of the moral struggle that Odysseus is having within himself.”“You realize that the manifestation of this goddess is a kind of tough love, guiding him and bringing …
Los Angeles, July 8 (IANS) Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has revealed why Matt Damon got a tattoo on his arm. The filmmaker, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film ‘The Odyssey’, has said that the reason behind the actor getting a tattoo is that the latter thought his “bare bicep days were over”. The 55-year-old actor stars in Sir Christopher Nolan’s Greek epic ‘The Odyssey’ as Odysseus and while the director had despaired at the “nightmare” of covering all the supporting c…
Los Angeles, July 8 (IANS) Hollywood actor Tom Holland has shed light on his latest role in the upcoming fantasy epic, ‘The Odyssey’ helmed by Christoper Nolan. The 30-year-old actor, who portrays Odysseus’ (Matt Damon) only son Telemachus in the film, said the role marks the start “of a new chapter of my life” as he enters his thirties and moves on to playing older characters, reports ‘People’ magazine.He told the BBC, “The thing that I love the most is that it feels a little bi…
Los Angeles, July 8 (IANS) Actress Anne Hathaway has talked about playing Penelope, the wife of Matt Damon’s Odysseus in “The Odyssey” and said that the “protective” moments were inspired by her own life as a pregnant mum. The 43-year-old actress is on the promo trail for her new movie, which also stars Tom Holland and Zendaya, an adaptation of the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer.Hathaway told people.com: “I’m a little bit of a mama bear, nothing comes between me and my cubs. And …
Los Angeles, July 7 (IANS) Hollywood actor Tom Holland has shared that he felt like he was in the midst of a “re-enactment” while shooting the recently released epic film ‘The Odyssey’. The 30-year-old actor stars alongside Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron in ‘The Odyssey’, the new Sir Christopher Nolan-directed epic fantasy film, reports ‘Female First UK’.Tom has shared that he was amazed by the scale and ambi…