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At the risk of talking about the actual film, I watched the trailer on Imax last night, and I think what's actually bugging me is that Matt Damon seems little boring for the main role. I really like him and have seen loads of his movies, but it feels like Odysseus should be an extremely emotional role. Damon seems to excel at charm, earnestness, and humor. I think Odysseus should be more haggard and sinewy looking given the nature of the journey.

I'm not sure who I would have cast instead. Christian Bale could do the acting, but he's such a Nolan guy it would be hard to detach him from his Batman character. A performance in line with Ethan Hawke in the Northman is maybe what I'm thinking about.

Tom Holland's casting also feels like a distraction, although that might just be that I've never seen him in anything but Spiderman. He's a great Peter Parker, but I have no idea if he can do anything else.

I think the roles I'm most excited to see at Pattison as Antinous and Charlize Theron as Calypso.

Also if you guys want to fly into a rage again, the casting list says there's a Korean guy named Wil Yun Lee in the cast as another of Odysseus's crew members, paying homage to the long-standing ancient alliance between Greece and Korea that existed in those days.

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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At the risk of talking about the actual film, I watched the trailer on Imax last night, and I think what's actually bugging me is that Matt Damon seems little boring for the main role. I really like him and have seen loads of his movies, but it feels like Odysseus should be an extremely emotional role. Damon seems to excel at charm, earnestness, and humor. I think Odysseus should be more haggard and sinewy looking given the nature of the journey.

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Squadron7 said:

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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At the risk of talking about the actual film, I watched the trailer on Imax last night, and I think what's actually bugging me is that Matt Damon seems little boring for the main role. I really like him and have seen loads of his movies, but it feels like Odysseus should be an extremely emotional role. Damon seems to excel at charm, earnestness, and humor. I think Odysseus should be more haggard and sinewy looking given the nature of the journey.

I'm not sure who I would have cast instead. Christian Bale could do the acting, but he's such a Nolan guy it would be hard to detach him from his Batman character. A performance in line with Ethan Hawke in the Northman is maybe what I'm thinking about.

Tom Holland's casting also feels like a distraction, although that might just be that I've never seen him in anything but Spiderman. He's a great Peter Parker, but I have no idea if he can do anything else.

I think the roles I'm most excited to see at Pattison as Antinous and Charlize Theron as Calypso.

Also if you guys want to fly into a rage again, the casting list says there's a Korean guy named Wil Yun Lee in the cast as another of Odysseus's crew members, paying homage to the long-standing ancient alliance between Greece and Korea that existed in those days.

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Jon Hamm as Odysseus?

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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Squadron7 said:

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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At the risk of talking about the actual film, I watched the trailer on Imax last night, and I think what's actually bugging me is that Matt Damon seems little boring for the main role. I really like him and have seen loads of his movies, but it feels like Odysseus should be an extremely emotional role. Damon seems to excel at charm, earnestness, and humor. I think Odysseus should be more haggard and sinewy looking given the nature of the journey.

I'm not sure who I would have cast instead. Christian Bale could do the acting, but he's such a Nolan guy it would be hard to detach him from his Batman character. A performance in line with Ethan Hawke in the Northman is maybe what I'm thinking about.

Tom Holland's casting also feels like a distraction, although that might just be that I've never seen him in anything but Spiderman. He's a great Peter Parker, but I have no idea if he can do anything else.

I think the roles I'm most excited to see at Pattison as Antinous and Charlize Theron as Calypso.

Also if you guys want to fly into a rage again, the casting list says there's a Korean guy named Wil Yun Lee in the cast as another of Odysseus's crew members, paying homage to the long-standing ancient alliance between Greece and Korea that existed in those days.

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Jon Hamm as Odysseus?

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I think I would have preferred an unknown, or someone less known like Bale was when he became Batman in 2005. he was 31 then. I know he had been in American Psycho, but I'm not sure I had seen him in anything but Newsies when he was a kid and Reign of Fire a that point.

31 is too young for Odysseus since he has a grown son, and I just don't know enough about today's actors to suggest some lesser known guy in his mid 40s to mid 50s. But definitely a less recognizable face might have been a better choice.

I do love Jon Hamm immensely in "Your Friends and Neighbors" on Apple +. i discovered it about a month ago; it is fantastic, I was surprised TexAgs didn't have a thread about it. Very good look at divorce and loss and starting over; albeit in the context of being really rich.

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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Squadron7 said:

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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At the risk of talking about the actual film, I watched the trailer on Imax last night, and I think what's actually bugging me is that Matt Damon seems little boring for the main role. I really like him and have seen loads of his movies, but it feels like Odysseus should be an extremely emotional role. Damon seems to excel at charm, earnestness, and humor. I think Odysseus should be more haggard and sinewy looking given the nature of the journey.

I'm not sure who I would have cast instead. Christian Bale could do the acting, but he's such a Nolan guy it would be hard to detach him from his Batman character. A performance in line with Ethan Hawke in the Northman is maybe what I'm thinking about.

Tom Holland's casting also feels like a distraction, although that might just be that I've never seen him in anything but Spiderman. He's a great Peter Parker, but I have no idea if he can do anything else.

I think the roles I'm most excited to see at Pattison as Antinous and Charlize Theron as Calypso.

Also if you guys want to fly into a rage again, the casting list says there's a Korean guy named Wil Yun Lee in the cast as another of Odysseus's crew members, paying homage to the long-standing ancient alliance between Greece and Korea that existed in those days.

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Jon Hamm as Odysseus?

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I think I would have preferred an unknown, or someone less known like Bale was when he became Batman in 2005. he was 31 then. I know he had been in American Psycho, but I'm not sure I had seen him in anything but Newsies when he was a kid and Reign of Fire a that point.

31 is too young for Odysseus since he has a grown son, and I just don't know enough about today's actors to suggest some lesser known guy in his mid 40s to mid 50s. But definitely a less recognizable face might have been a better choice.

I do love Jon Hamm immensely in "Your Friends and Neighbors" on Apple +. i discovered it about a month ago; it is fantastic, I was surprised TexAgs didn't have a thread about it. Very good look at divorce and loss and starting over; albeit in the context of being really rich.

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Lathspell said:

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Sean Bean would have been so good.

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CharleyKerfeld said:

I think I would have preferred an unknown, or someone less known like Bale was when he became Batman in 2005. he was 31 then. I know he had been in American Psycho, but I'm not sure I had seen him in anything but Newsies when he was a kid and Reign of Fire a that point.

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Lathspell said:

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Sean Bean would have been so good.

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Aggie_Boomin 21 said:

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Just saw a clip from an appearance Quentin Tarantino made on a podcast where called Black Hawk Down the best movie of the 21st century so far. His 1 complaint was there are too many Brits in it playing Americans. Found that funny in the context this thread has gone down.

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