Christopher Nolan, Matt Damon, Tom Holland and producer Emma Thomas attended the press conference of their film, The Odyssey, at a five-star hotel in South Mumbai. Bollywood Hungama was certainly one of the privileged few to attend this press meet. Matt surprised every body as he spoke about his regret of not doing a movie with Shekhar Kapur.
The Odyssey Mumbai press conference: Matt Damon REGRET turning down Shekhar Kapur’s The 4 Feathers: “It’s a 20-year-old DEBT that I even have been carrying around in my pocket!”
Matt Damon was asked if he’d prefer to work with an Indian filmmaker and who that might be. He said, “The filmmaker that everyone desired to collaborate with is Shekhar Kapur. I remember after I couldn’t do The 4 Feathers for some reason and I used to be really upset about that (laughs). I believe I used to be signed up for a Bourne movie. So, I assume he’s at all times been on my list. I’d prefer to have one other go. That’s like a 20-year-old debt that I even have been carrying around in my pocket!”
He also opened up about working on The Odyssey, “I had the advantage of those 35 years behind me and (it was an exciting) opportunity to play a task like this; he’s such an interesting, complex character. But to do it at this scale in this manner with Chris – the whole lot practical and the whole lot in camera – it felt like my one probability to do a David Lean movie! I at all times wanted to try this (smiles). I felt such gratitude the moment he called me. I had a way of what it was going to entail.”
Matt Damon continued, “It required a lot of labor from so many 1000’s of individuals. Each person desired to be there and nowhere else. We collected crew members in every country that we went to. We knew we were working with the elite members which are coming on board for that section to tackle that set piece, and you then move on. We did that in Greece, Iceland, Morocco and Italy. It was just essentially the most exceptional group of people that were just there for a similar reason.”
He raised laughs as he said, “I told this to Emma early about producing this film. I asked her, ‘What’s incorrect with you?’! I told her that I used to be so completely satisfied that I’m not a producer on this movie (laughs) since the level of coordination was beyond anyone’s imagination. She said to me, ‘That is like 6 or 7 movies, but we actually made each of those movies already. We’ve gone underwater with Dunkirk (2017), we’ve been on mountains with Batman. We’ve made all of those movies and so, we’re prepared to make this one’.”
Matt Damon concluded, “I drew upon every tool from the toolkit and each experience that I even have gathered over the course of my life to arrange for this moment. And I had the privilege of doing it alongside essentially the most extraordinary group of individuals.”
The Odyssey releases in cinemas on July 17.
Also Read: The Odyssey Mumbai premiere: Christopher Nolan attends film’s ONLY fan screening worldwide; calls Indian audiences “a few of the MOST enthusiastic and knowledgeable on this planet”; playfully asks, “Who is healthier within the film – Matt Damon or Tom Holland?”
More Pages: The Odyssey (English) Box Office Collection
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