Matt Damon Looks Jacked in Stunning Transformation for Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'
Everyone and their mother seems to have been cast in Christopher Nolan's first work since his wildly successful Oppenheimer which racked up 13 Academy Award nominations and seven victories including Best Picture and Best Director.
Nolan has now turned his attention to The Odyssey which will star a 54-year-old Matt Damon as the titular character. His take on the Greek epic also includes Zendaya, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron.
Earlier this week Damon was spotted as filming continued in Favignana, Italy on March 25. People landed photos of the actor and his impressive physique as the Academy Award-winner showed off his six pack.
"The latest photos from Nolan's production show Damon and Zendaya filming along a rocky hillside, with Damon shirtless and baring his abs along with a gray beard. Damon looked rugged with wet tan pants and debris on his back," People wrote. "Zendaya's hair was tucked up while the Challengers actress wore a long tan Grecian dress."
Matt Damon on the set of ‘The Odyssey’. pic.twitter.com/vlcIJ7D1C6
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During a conversation with GQ, Ben Affleck revealed what the workout and training process has been like for his longtime friend and frequent co-star.
"I used to be very gung ho about like, 'Oh, I’ll do the fights, I’ll do the stunts.' And now I am very much, 'At what point is the stunt performer going to come in and do this?'," Affleck said. "It’s one of the things I was talking to Matt about — he’s going off to do this Chris Nolan movie and doing a lot of stunt rehearsal, and it was kind of like, Boy, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Where you really have to go learn the fights — this is Bourne Identity kind of territory."
The Odyssey is scheduled for release on July 17, 2026.
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