This month, Christopher Nolan’s extremely anticipated The Odyssey hit theaters, and between controversy from purists and reward from movie buffs, the epic movie is the speak of the city proper now. Its protagonist, Odysseus, performed by Matt Damon, has additionally discovered himself within the highlight as a result of dramatic bodily transformation the actor underwent to get into character. But the credit score for what we see on display screen, the actor not too long ago defined, isn’t solely his. As a visitor on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Matt Damon revealed that his biceps had been “almost 100 percent” actual, however the remaining belonged to his stunt double, Devyn Dalton.
In reality, it was the stuntwoman who stood in for Damon throughout a few of the scenes, together with the struggle with the Laestrygonians—armored giants that Nolan made look imposing not by CGI however through the use of a intelligent low-to-high digicam angle. The lead actor explains: “There were these stunt men who were all seven feet, and then they got stuntmen who were under five feet,” together with Dalton, as he defined: “My double was a woman, a female stunt performer, who had the greatest arms I’ve ever seen.”
Praising Dalton’s work, Matt Damon added: “When she came into the catering tent was the first time I met her, I went up and I hugged her and thanked her for all the work she’d put in.” According to her profile within the Stunts Unlimited Directory, Dalton is a stuntwoman with a background in dance, specializing in boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, sword combating, and the usage of weapons on set. Among the actors and actresses whose roles she has taken on in motion scenes is Millie Bobby Brown.
