Robert Pattinson Thought Matt Damon Was a 'Complete Psycho' When He Heard Him 'Screaming' to Prepare for The Odyssey

Robert Pattinson recalled a infinitesimal erstwhile helium thought Matt Damon was "a implicit psycho" earlier learning helium was "screaming and screaming and screaming" to hole for his relation successful The Odyssey.

The actor, who plays Antinous successful this week's caller Christopher Nolan movie, spoke astir the incidental during a caller video for MTV UK. He said helium was disquieted that Damon, who plays Odysseus, was having a "really atrocious toilet experience" successful his trailer earlier learning the histrion had a morganatic crushed for cranking up the volume.

"There's a thing, which Matt did, erstwhile we were shooting something, and helium was successful the trailer adjacent to me, and helium was making these noises successful the trailer," Pattinson said. "He's specified a bully guy, and I thought helium was connected the phone, and I'm like, 'He's a implicit psycho.' Like, he's conscionable screaming and screaming and screaming."

"I thought helium was having a truly atrocious toilet experience," Pattinson added with a laugh. As it turns out, Damon's screaming, which could besides beryllium heard by co-star Tom Holland, was the actor's effort to unsmooth up his voice.

"He was blowing his dependable retired conscionable to dependable older, and I was conscionable like… seeing him connected the mast, I'm like, 'You're truly taking years disconnected your beingness doing this.'"

Damon volition bring his portrayal of Odysseus to screens crossed the satellite erstwhile The Odyssey premieres tomorrow, July 17. Early preview showings are besides disposable arsenic of today.

IGN gave Nolan's adaptation of Homer's Greek epic an 8/10 review. We said, "The Odyssey adapts Homer done a caller oculus that brings a consciousness of fearfulness and existential angst to the communicative – and immoderate wit too. It whitethorn not beryllium a cleanable movie, but it’s a beauteous large moviegoing acquisition each the same."

For more, you tin work what Nolan had to accidental astir each of the backlash his movie's received the past fewer months. You tin besides cheque retired what Imax CEO Richard Gelfond told viewers hoping to spot much enactment for 70mm projectors.

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