Counting down the days until Christopher Nolan’s release Odysseyand Universal Pictures released one final trailer to keep expectations high.
Most of us read some version of it Odyssey in high school, so are we is familiar with the story: Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, begins his long journey home after 10 years of fighting in the Trojan War. But the journey is not easy, as Odysseus and his men encounter the cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and a sorcerer named Kirk among other obstacles. Meanwhile, his long-suffering wife Penelope fends off hundreds of suitors who want to usurp Odysseus’ position.
Matt Damon plays the wandering Ithacan king. The cast also includes Anne Hathaway as Penelope; Tom Holland as Odysseus’ son Telemachus; Robert Pattinson as Antinous, one of Penelope’s many suitors; Jon Bernthal as Spartan King Menelaus; Benny Safdie, Achaean commander during the Trojan War, Agamemnon; John Leguizamo as Odysseus’ loyal servant Eumaeus; Himesh Patel as his second-in-command, Eurylochus; Will Yun Lee and Jimmy Gonzales as crew members; and Mia Goth as Melantho, Penelope’s servant. We also have Zendaya as Athena, Charlize Theron as Circe, and Lupita Nyong’o in a dual role: both Helen of Troy and Helen’s sister Clytemnestra.
