What ‘the Odyssey’ Cast Has Said About Leadership, Teamwork, and Hard Work

Matt Damon mentioned Jon Bernthal impressed the remainder of the forged with one grueling scene early in manufacturing.

Damon recalled that Bernthal was half-submerged in icy water in Morocco throughout winter whereas filming a scene contained in the Trojan Horse.

“Jon was shaking and placing his fingers collectively and urgent in order that he might get the shivers out so he might get one line of dialogue out,” Damon told People in an interview revealed final Thursday.

Christopher Nolan repeatedly checked in on Bernthal, however the actor merely urged him to maintain filming. “John was similar to, ‘Simply go, simply go,'” Damon recalled.

“That set the tone for the forged. The message was, sooner or later, you are going to be the man within the water, and you are not going to complain about it. You are going to push as exhausting as you possibly can,” Damon mentioned.

In a separate July interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Damon mentioned Bernthal was the “first instance of any person pushing previous what they thought they might do.”

“No one in that horse was ever going to complain for the following 5 months about something due to what we noticed,” Damon mentioned.