00:00Who wrote The Odyssey?
00:02Homer Simpson.
00:03Hello, I'm Matt Damon.
00:05Hi, I'm Anne Hathaway.
00:06I am Tom Holland.
00:07I'm Robert Pattinson.
00:08And we are here to answer the most searched questions about The Odyssey.
00:13Let's go.
00:18How do you spell Odyssey?
00:21Which, by the way...
00:22Pass.
00:22Very tough.
00:23What a nightmare.
00:24How long is Odysseus away from home?
00:2620 years!
00:28Oh my god!
00:30How many men does Scylla kill?
00:32Six.
00:32Six.
00:33I just gotta do this for my kids.
00:35Six, seven.
00:36Seven.
00:38Is Calypso a monster?
00:39No.
00:40I don't think so at all.
00:41Particularly not the way she's portrayed in the film.
00:44No.
00:46Okay, what is Scylla?
00:49Scylla and Charybdis are the two...
00:52Charybdis is the whirlpool and Scylla is the six-headed snake monster that comes down.
00:56And takes six of my crew mates.
00:58How did you shoot that again?
01:00Because that to me is another part of the movie that I don't understand how you did that.
01:03We took the boat through that passageway.
01:06And Chris had on one side jet skis doing donuts in the water.
01:11This is true.
01:12To really create a small whirlpool that the visual effects could use the actual movement of water as a guide.
01:19George Cottle did six ratchets on that boat.
01:25On the actual boat he rigged a ratchet system and pulled stunt guys up out off the deck of the
01:30boat.
01:30It was the most incredible thing.
01:32He did six ratchets and he did it after lunch.
01:35He did it all in an afternoon.
01:37The great George Cottle ladies and gentlemen.
01:38George Cottle!
01:40Did Athena love Odysseus romantically?
01:42No, because she's married to me.
01:44Yep, good answer.
01:46Was Odysseus faithful to Penelope?
01:48That's something I've been really curious about.
01:52Uh...
01:53Ugh.
01:53Keep going.
01:55Here's the thing.
01:56No, no, no, no, no, no.
01:57What's her name?
01:59Charlize.
02:01Penelope did have a little bit of an emotional affair as well.
02:04You're really trying to make this work break.
02:06You're so delusional.
02:07You gotta watch the movie again.
02:08Oh, you're such bad news.
02:09You're such bad news.
02:11How long does Odysseus stay with Calypso?
02:13Seven years, but don't worry about it.
02:14It wasn't nothing.
02:15It didn't mean anything.
02:16It was one night for seven years.
02:19How does Antinous treat Telemachus terribly?
02:24I'm waiting for someone to say that.
02:25He's really nice until, you know, you just get too big for your boots.
02:28You do horrible things to my dog.
02:31No.
02:31But that's not the question.
02:33I didn't.
02:33I just lift him outside.
02:35It wasn't very nice the way you lifted him.
02:37I think the dog was a little bit worse than me.
02:39The dog was actually quite scary.
02:43Why does Odysseus disguise himself as a beggar?
02:45He's sneaking back into his homeland and he can't reveal his identity yet.
02:48And he's smart.
02:50One long night.
02:50Why did Achilles fight for Agamemnon?
02:53Ask Brad Pitt.
02:55How tall are the Lystragonians?
02:57Pretty damn tall.
02:59And the way we shot that was also amazing.
03:02We were doing everything in camera.
03:04We had seven foot stuntmen and a whole team of doubles who were under five foot doubling
03:11all of us.
03:12And it was thrilling to watch those stunt performers work and this whole idea of forced perspective
03:17to, again, do as little CG as possible.
03:20I also think that has to be one of the hardest things to pronounce in all of this experience.
03:25It's been coming up in interviews and every time you say it I'm like, wow.
03:29Why doesn't Tinous want to kill Telemachus?
03:31Because he's a dickhead.
03:32We've been there already today moving on swiftly.
03:35What do the sirens sing about?
03:37Well, Chris wrote a beautiful monologue that plays in voiceover and Odysseus goes into
03:44detail about what the song sounds like.
03:46And you can see that on IMAX on July 17th.
03:50What is the main conflict in the Odyssey?
03:52You guys gotta get home.
03:53You guys gotta get home.
03:54Who is Odysseus' best friend?
03:56Argos.
03:57Aww.
03:58Aww.
03:59Well, Eurylochus is his number two in command.
04:01But Eumaeus is known in literature as the most loyal of characters, though technically he's
04:06a slave so I would have to say Penelope is his best friend.
04:10That's very sweet.
04:12Why does Calypso keep Odysseus?
04:14Because she fancies him.
04:15Yeah, because she loves him.
04:16Because she's got taste.
04:18And Charlize is amazing in the movie.
04:21Why does Circe turn Odysseus' men into pigs?
04:24This is a sequence that is absolutely incredible and terrifying and all done in camera.
04:30We don't want to say too much about it.
04:32But her rationale is that she fears for her safety and that the men basically are already
04:40pigs.
04:40She's just revealing who they truly are.
04:43What does Athena teach Telemachus?
04:44True love.
04:45Yeah.
04:48Why doesn't Penelope remarry?
04:51Love.
04:52Same answer, no?
04:53Love, loyalty.
04:55Great taste.
04:56She's waiting for Antinous to get older.
04:58And because he's not there.
04:58She's waiting for Antinous to get older.
05:01Got my eye on that one.
05:03He needs to ripen a bit.
05:05Ew.
05:06Ew.
05:07Alright, I'm aiming for the lens.
05:09Wow.
05:10How old is Telemachus in the Odyssey?
05:1216?
05:13I think.
05:13I think he might be 18.
05:15Because if I'm away 20 years.
05:16Dammit, I played it like 16.
05:20Fuck!
05:21But if I left when you were 2 and I come back 20 years later, are you 22?
05:26That would be correct.
05:28Yeah.
05:29This is very easy to figure this out.
05:31Yeah.
05:31How many of you think he's gone for 20 years?
05:33Yeah, I don't know where I got that from.
05:35I think you play him young and you kind of age in the movie.
05:38I have started sweating because I think I realized a major flaw in my performance.
05:44Alright, why does Poseidon curse Odysseus?
05:47Well, that's because I, yeah, blind his son.
05:50That answer has been around for 3,000 years, so, alright.
05:54Why does Agamemnon praise Penelope?
05:56Because his wife killed him?
05:59And Penelope doesn't kill Odysseus.
06:03I guess.
06:04But then he wouldn't be able to praise her because he would be dead.
06:08She wasn't there.
06:08Was Odysseus responsible for the Trojan horse?
06:11Famously, yes.
06:12Yes.
06:13Yes, yes, yes.
06:14I say yes too.
06:15Why is Odysseus tied to the mast?
06:17Because he's passing the sirens.
06:19And he wants to hear the sound of the sirens but doesn't want to jump off the boat.
06:22Love it.
06:24I do remember something about that though.
06:26That's an important part of the story.
06:28No more brain.
06:29Fair play.
06:29No more brain.
06:30Baby eight brain.
06:31What does Telemachus learn from Menelaus?
06:33He learns that he needs to face the music.
06:35And go back and claim the throne.
06:37That's exactly what he learns.
06:38Why does Odysseus visit the underworld?
06:41He's looking for directions.
06:43You love that.
06:44Why does Athena choose Odysseus?
06:47This is difficult in the context of our movie
06:50without giving things away.
06:53Because does Athena choose Odysseus or does Odysseus choose Athena?
06:59Spoiler alert.
07:00I like that.
07:00That's all we can say.
07:02Wow, that almost hit the director.
07:04Sorry guys.
07:05Sorry guys.
07:06Where was the Odyssey film?
07:08Where wasn't it?
07:08That's what I was going to say.
07:10Let's do it fast.
07:10Greece.
07:11Italy.
07:12London.
07:13Not London.
07:15Los Angeles.
07:16Scotland.
07:18I got them all.
07:18I got them all.
07:19Fair.
07:21Oh, you almost got it.
07:23What is the contest of the bow?
07:24Well, at the very end it's set up by Penelope to find a...
07:28To get rid of your ass.
07:29To kick your ass out of my castle.
07:31When was the Odyssey written?
07:32I think 2700 BC.
07:35I was just going to say that.
07:36Why does Intinuous underestimate Odysseus?
07:39Because he's a child.
07:39Ooh.
07:41Is Cersei a witch?
07:43Yeah.
07:45She's a goddess, right?
07:46She is a demigoddess, yes.
07:47Right.
07:48Who's very witchy.
07:49Witchy vibes?
07:51I feel like that's a...
07:52We're alighting this.
07:54She's a witchy demigoddess.
07:56What creatures guard the underworld?
07:59Well, the underworld is full of shade, so I'm just going with that.
08:03How does Penelope test Odysseus?
08:05Ooh.
08:06With the bow.
08:07With the bow that only he could string.
08:09Is Odyssey a sequel to Troy?
08:11And over.
08:11The Odyssey is a sequel to the Iliad.
08:14Troy is based on the Iliad.
08:15The Odyssey is based on the Odyssey.
08:17How does Athena help Odysseus in the Odyssey?
08:20She gives him guidance.
08:22What happens after the first Trojan...
08:23What happens after the Trojan War?
08:25Sad.
08:26We're not talking about Trojan War II.
08:29Well, the Odyssey happens because it's about the guys trying to get home.
08:34Is Odysseus more of a warrior or a strategist?
08:37Well, he's both, but he's definitely known for his strategy.
08:40His strategy.
08:41Are the sirens mermaids?
08:42No, there's something far more dangerous.
08:45Who are Penelope's suitors?
08:47Is there really any other other than Antinous?
08:49Yeah.
08:50Does Calypso love Odysseus?
08:52She says that.
08:53I believe so.
08:53Great taste.
08:54What happens after Odysseus returns home?
08:57We call that act three.
08:59It's pretty good.
09:01He puts his house in order.
09:03Is that a good way of saying it?
09:04All right.
09:05Who does Odysseus meet in the underworld?
09:07Well, in our film, not only Agamemnon, but also Sinon.
09:11And is it Tiresias?
09:13And Tiresias.
09:14How does Telemachus change throughout the Odyssey?
09:16He grows up and becomes man.
09:18I like it.
09:19Why didn't Telemachus know his father?
09:21Because his father was not...
09:22He was an absentee father.
09:24Who are the gods that help or hinder Odysseus?
09:27Well, there's Zeus, there's Poseidon, there's Athena, to a degree Calypso.
09:32Doesn't Zeus help you by, like, punishing you so badly that you wash up on the shores of...
09:37Is that the thought?
09:38Yeah, makes a deal with Poseidon.
09:39Right.
09:40They take him basically to the limit, but then...
09:42Yeah.
09:42But I'm under Zeus's protection.
09:44Sure.
09:45Do Penelope and Antinous get together now?
09:48That's what she told me.
09:49She promised me.
09:50Why does Antinous want Odysseus dead?
09:53I think it's very clear that he would like my throne and my wife.
09:58Yes.
09:59Price.
10:00Why does Athena protect Penelope?
10:02I think Penelope's very devoted to her, and I think Athena's a big fan of our family.
10:07I think she knows that we practice Zeus's law, and that we're trying to do good in a world that's
10:12complicated.
10:14Is Odysseus a hero or an anti-hero?
10:17I think we leave that one to the audience.
10:19Nice.
10:20That was a lot of questions.
10:22Amazingly though, not a single question the press has asked us for the last three days.
10:26That's true.
10:26They've all probably read it already.
10:28Yeah, that's true.
10:29That was fun.
10:30Thank you for your questions, and hopefully we'll see you at the Odyssey.
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