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@AzizOzcan-tj3pg
August 3, 2026 at 12:46 pm
Woooww
@oromis995
August 3, 2026 at 12:50 pm
That’s mostly a director problem
@hristijandimitrovski8664
August 6, 2026 at 7:03 am
It’s not problem at al. They all did fine
@ReaganGrace-l1u
August 3, 2026 at 12:51 pm
This has a good flow, very watchable
@heythere2017
August 3, 2026 at 1:59 pm
Bot
@yfihgfguftfugtcju-h5s
August 3, 2026 at 1:01 pm
matt damon doing math in real time while rob just watches the chaos unfold is sending me
@axolotl-queen-h4h
August 3, 2026 at 1:03 pm
This is one of my favorite interviews for anything ever lmao
@abirchatterjee7224
August 3, 2026 at 1:27 pm
That’s what happens when you don’t take your character seriously 😂
@slimerone
August 3, 2026 at 2:53 pm
Tom holland as Telemachus was a bad casting choice. Love him as spider man though
@ritokazoriv
August 3, 2026 at 3:16 pm
Gotta disagree, I didn’t see much wrong with his portrayal. What made him a bad cast in your eyes? His casting may have had more to done with his name than him fitting the role perfectly, I can give you that.
@abirchatterjee7224
August 3, 2026 at 4:30 pm
@ritokazoriv No i disagree with you. His portrayal of telemachus was not really up to the mark. It could be the director’s fault that he didn’t know that already.
@dosomestuff1949
August 4, 2026 at 11:03 am
I thought he did great.
@alirezapro1227
August 3, 2026 at 5:42 pm
Like he said Daddy 😂
@camillemarii
August 3, 2026 at 5:46 pm
Hitting legal adult age would’ve led to the Esteemed Guests killing him to get him out of the way, makes sense for the character to act younger than he is to survive until his father is back. Seems like Tom played it right.
@short.abundance
August 3, 2026 at 9:52 pm
I mean, they did try to do that
That did happen
@camillemarii
August 3, 2026 at 11:02 pm
@short.abundance lmao fair yes but inheritance was a factor and they likely would’ve made attempts earlier if they knew his age.
Idk if any of this is true, I haven’t seen the film and it’s been 15 years since I read the Odyssey. I’m just running on memory and giving my man an excuse
@short.abundance
August 3, 2026 at 11:37 pm
@camillemariibut the written odyssey also had Odysseus leave when Telemachus was still an infant which means that after twenty years absence they would know that Telemachus is at least old enough to be king
@camillemarii
August 4, 2026 at 3:09 am
It is simple math but I’m not accounting for the suitors intelligence
@dosomestuff1949
August 4, 2026 at 11:02 am
@camillemariithe suitors wouldn’t necessarily know that Odysseus left when Telemachus was an infant
@surduadrian9318
August 3, 2026 at 6:40 pm
What a joke of a movie
@paul-kg6vq
August 3, 2026 at 6:40 pm
Tom Holland realising maybe he should have adjusted the character a lot more 😅
@nicolasmariette7468
August 8, 2026 at 8:29 pm
He nailed it
@me1127-v8g
August 3, 2026 at 7:18 pm
HE’S 20
@68chewy
August 4, 2026 at 12:42 am
When he first said “I’m looking for my DAD”, I knew the part would fail, and it did. Not his fault, the writer and director for sure.
@superiorgamedude
August 4, 2026 at 1:06 am
Telemachus does act like a 16 year old, so I’d say it’s a happy accident.
@1xMTx1
August 4, 2026 at 2:56 pm
Matt damon is not over the Odysseys intellect 🤌😅😅
@andreagallo1996
August 5, 2026 at 8:53 am
Well, Matt is actually a pretty intelligent guy, one of the highest IQs in Hollywood. Perfect choice for Odysseus 😎
@SpaceTruckin
August 5, 2026 at 2:25 pm
@andreagallo1996 My boy’s wicked smart!
@demoth
August 4, 2026 at 4:53 pm
Adult hood during that time is 16.
@Hefe-oj4ec
August 4, 2026 at 7:36 pm
Anne Hathaway outclassed every single one of them acting wise.
@mrinalkantinath1271
August 5, 2026 at 12:25 am
the whole movie was wrong if you nitpick. It’s a nolan movie not a Homer movie
@Mrxyz-n2l
August 5, 2026 at 7:22 am
Tom Holland
@HollywoodBestActor
August 5, 2026 at 7:22 am
Tom Holland
@chaterjipriyam4889
August 5, 2026 at 12:54 pm
😅
@jacksonperez5615
August 5, 2026 at 8:06 pm
Nolan once again proving why he’s not an actors director
@juicebox5883
August 6, 2026 at 6:28 am
He lacked a father figure all that time so being a bit more naive for his age is completely realistic. Coming into his own in real time after his dad comes back is perfect.
@noahlebel-turcotte4662
August 8, 2026 at 10:27 pm
Yes.
@HyphyJuice916
August 6, 2026 at 11:56 am
Tom did fine but he definitely played it like he was younger. It would be hilarious if he really thought he was supposed to be 16 😂
@KarnalSapphire
August 6, 2026 at 12:20 pm
He had to say ‘dad’ because he can’t say Father without the British accent.
@YouknowwhereHughgo
August 8, 2026 at 9:04 am
They hardly sound Greek 😂
@GalLovesYT
August 6, 2026 at 8:44 pm
I’m amazed he didn’t have the age conversation with Nolan before filming.
@craigcox3786
August 8, 2026 at 1:41 am
Because Nolan is Hollywood now.
He’s discussing budgets and salaries and back-end.
Even choosing the odyssey is a big cop
out. “We’ll have a big budget and shoot on IMAX!”
Donna Langley and the “vibe-first” studio head mentality is to blame.
Also tom holland sucked in this movie.
@Videosarekool3424
August 8, 2026 at 10:43 am
@craigcox3786you’re an idiot
@eXwhYZIkseez
August 9, 2026 at 9:41 pm
@craigcox3786 Tom was great, he definitely held his own weight. And Nolan’s been Hollywood for 25 years
@sylvia1001vi
August 6, 2026 at 9:29 pm
That is not Tom’s fault.
How come the director did not gave the actors the background story of the characters they are playing? That is weird, i know some directors give their actors like a lot of pages n details about their character down DOB, star sign, how they walk, talk, etc, to help the actors get into their characters fully
@Annaaliyah81
August 7, 2026 at 5:03 am
My question is still why was he not old enough to take the throne if he was 22..
@patrickduval2312
August 8, 2026 at 7:22 pm
The same reason she was procrastinating with a suitor, because they believed Odysseus was still alive.
@jayjayDrm
August 7, 2026 at 1:27 pm
that actually was obe of the few flaws in the film. in some flashbacks actors didn’t look that younger, which was hard to follow.
@josiegrosie4025
August 7, 2026 at 7:25 pm
No one read the book??
@brucemicallefeynaud1656
August 8, 2026 at 5:50 am
So why couldn’t he be king?
@Niceone1998
August 8, 2026 at 6:21 am
I bet you 100 bucks, that was Nolan gaslighting lol.
He always says everything has to serve a purpose. I think the gravitas of Odysseus’s return, would not have felt as satisfying, if Tom had carried a 22 year olds persona. Gen Z these days are a lot more comfortable in themselves, compared to that traditional hierarchy of the Bronze Age, which us as viewers would have projected and felt weird about he’s inabilities. It’s always so much more heartbreaking when you watch kids meet their parents after a long stint being abroad.
Nolan will always push he’s own narrative (specifically epics), if it means he’s making a movie more emotionally
succinct to the audiences own, subconscious experiences
@aghoby1220
August 9, 2026 at 1:11 pm
But if we left the camera rolling
@chellebelle1144
August 9, 2026 at 2:32 pm
😂 I love this moment. Such a kind moment full of love.
@samanthaharding4885
August 9, 2026 at 3:57 pm
TH appears to have discovered the secret of eternal youth.
@Ryan-by4rw
August 9, 2026 at 7:56 pm
In Tom’s defense, I can see a 22 year old behaving like a 16 year old if no father figure is around.
@wonhyuk86
August 9, 2026 at 10:30 pm
That’s Good Will Hunting doing the computation right there 😂❤
@WilliamAndrews0
August 10, 2026 at 1:02 pm
Tom Holland is the only one after 3000 years to figure out Penelope cheated.
@rickys12
August 12, 2026 at 4:34 pm
Lol in Homers story, she remained faithful for the 20 years so def wasn’t the milkmans baby
@WilliamAndrews0
August 12, 2026 at 7:00 pm
@rickys12 sure, that’s what she wants you to think.
@patiencemitane2948
August 10, 2026 at 3:07 pm
That’s was me like he was 20 years away and he seemed like a toddler when his dad left so early 20’s
@IanMountcastle
August 11, 2026 at 1:03 am
Odysseus will return in Avengers Endgame
@Darkuscities
August 11, 2026 at 10:10 am
Mate I don’t worry about amazing
@Julia-h7k9v
September 9, 2026 at 12:58 pm
A person without a father figure can be very naive but if he played a 16 year old person without a father figure it is something else than a 22 year old with a father figure. Tom didn’t really care about the role, he just played something and hoped nobody would notice
@Mika1678
September 9, 2026 at 1:57 pm
Please tell me there is a reaction where they listen to epic the musical
@matiasreba
September 9, 2026 at 2:11 pm
But they talk about him about to become “of age” no?
@asb54331
September 9, 2026 at 5:08 pm
He’s downplaying his part. Classic British humour and subtlety.
@novusvigor
September 9, 2026 at 6:48 pm
Almost like they were paid millions of dollars….
@haaron3979
September 9, 2026 at 9:40 pm
As if he could have played it any other way
@cookieaddictions
September 9, 2026 at 9:45 pm
“Wait, can I get a redo?”
@39wings
September 9, 2026 at 10:32 pm
I thought he was meant to be like 30 I didn’t think about the fact that he was a baby
@Maracujakeks
September 10, 2026 at 7:24 am
Nolan was def focused on other things 😂 (such as how to include Zeus’ problem in this scene and how can we make everyone believe it’s an actual thing in the Odyssee even though it isn’t🤣)
@ph03n1xr1s1ng
September 10, 2026 at 10:50 am
This explains a lot about the movie
@frankp6940
September 10, 2026 at 12:14 pm
And the internet swears that Tom nailed the character. Like he doesn’t even know the age of the character
@Smoke-by-the-Shadow
September 10, 2026 at 2:33 pm
I have bad news, he’s 20. If you’re gone 20 years and your kid is anything other than 19/20 it’s not your kid.
@joandougan8682
September 10, 2026 at 4:08 pm
Add Discalcula to his Dyslexia. Lol. Can’t add either.
@sarahh.9687
September 10, 2026 at 8:04 pm
I can’t believe NONE of them did 2 + 20 BEFORE filming 🙄😅
@spottercorp
September 12, 2026 at 7:47 pm
I miss the odyssey promotion 🥹
@HenryMunn22
September 12, 2026 at 8:18 pm
Those wrinkles don’t say 16 at all. 🤭🤭😝😝🤣🤣🤣
@AndyMyers94
September 13, 2026 at 1:21 pm
He would be 22 at the end of the film. Soo Im sure he was 16 for part of it. . .
@YozoraSoraX
September 15, 2026 at 3:59 am
In Tom’s defense… back in that era, being “of age” was usually around 16+, which I believe they mention a couple of times in the film.
But Robert had a good point of Odysseus being away for 20 years, and Telemachus being already a toddler when he left (at least in the film).
@emmaponymous
September 17, 2026 at 11:31 am
It’s the screenwriter’s and ultimately the director’s responsibility, not the actor’s, to shape the performance.
@KátiaPesquisadora
September 23, 2026 at 2:28 pm
❤
@punky6948
September 25, 2026 at 12:06 pm
Isnt it kinda unprofessional to not know what age is the character you are playing?
@MoonNy-kr1qy
September 27, 2026 at 12:15 am
Tom has never been the brightest in the room, haha
@JoseHernandez-t3x7i
September 28, 2026 at 11:56 pm
❤️❤❤❤
@MichaelLynch-c8u
September 30, 2026 at 5:16 pm
Tom is so funny
@notrealatall196
October 3, 2026 at 6:46 am
Tom is so much fun