Tom Holland‘s function in Christopher Nolan‘s Imax-shot The Odyssey offered a studying curve for the younger actor.
Together with his function as Telemachus within the epic blockbuster, premiering July 17, the actor admitted he “thought I used to be completely sh*tting the mattress” throughout his first day on set with the director, who needed to lower each three minutes because of the Imax expertise.
“Working with the Imax cameras for the primary time is an expertise,” he informed Fandango. “It’s not like something I’ve ever seen earlier than, and I didn’t know that it solely ran for 3 minutes. So, I keep in mind you’d proceed slicing, and I used to be with Jon [Bernthal] like, ‘Why does he preserve slicing? Why does he preserve doing that?’”
Holland continued, “And in my head, I used to be like, ‘Does he not like what we’re doing? What is occurring?’ After which, I keep in mind it was really [stunt coordinator] George Cottle that was like, ‘No, no, no, no, no, there’s solely three minutes within the magazine.’ I used to be like, ‘Oh, thank god.’ I assumed I used to be completely sh*tting the mattress on this scene.”
Nolan’s The Odyssey has change into the primary movie to be shot fully with Imax cameras. He beforehand used Imax in making Oppenheimer (2023), Tenet (2020), Dunkirk (2017), Interstellar (2014), The Darkish Knight Rises (2012), Inception (2010) and The Darkish Knight (2008).
“One of many nice satisfactions of my profession has been being a part of an evolutionary technique of a [filmmaking] system,” mentioned Nolan of The Odyssey. “My pleasure for having completed the movie fully in Imax is: what different filmmakers may need to do this. I simply need to go see someone else’s movie after they do it this manner.”
An adaptation of one of many first tales in human historical past, The Odyssey follows Odysseus (Matt Damon) by the unimaginable trials and legendary encounters he faces on his decade-long journey dwelling to spouse Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Holland) after the Trojan Struggle.
The movie additionally stars Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Web page, Himesh Patel, Invoice Irwin, Samantha Morton, Jesse Garcia, Will Yun Lee, Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez, Mia Goth and extra.