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 one of the privileged few to attend this press meet. Matt surprised one and all as he spoke about his regret of not doing a film with Shekhar Kapur.
Matt Damon was asked if he’d like to work with an Indian filmmaker and who that would be. He said, “The filmmaker that everybody wanted to collaborate with is Shekhar Kapur. I remember when I couldn’t do The Four Feathers for some reason and I was really upset about that (laughs). I think I was signed up for a Bourne movie. So, I guess he’s always been on my list. I’d like to have another go. That’s like a 20-year-old debt that I have been carrying around in my pocket!”
He also opened up about working on The Odyssey, “I had the benefit of those 35 years behind me and (it was an exciting) opportunity to play a role like this; he’s such a fascinating, complex character. But to do it at this scale in this way with Chris – everything practical and everything in camera – it felt like my one chance to do a David Lean movie! I always wanted to do that (smiles). I felt such gratitude the moment he called me. I had a sense of what it was going to entail.”
Matt Damon continued, “It required so much of work from so many thousands of people. Every single person wanted 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 that are coming on board for that section to take on that set piece, …read more
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