00:00Promise me you will come back.
00:02What if I can't?
00:04It may be Matt Damon's Odyssey, but he couldn't do it without four of Hollywood's most in-demand A-list
00:10actresses.
00:13Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, and a very pregnant Anne Hathaway.
00:18You look amazing.
00:19Thank you so much.
00:21Are all co-stars alongside Matt in the Odyssey?
00:25Oscar winner Christopher Nolan's new big screen adaptation of the ancient Greek epic.
00:29Oh, I can't believe I get to be a part of something this seminal.
00:33It's certainly the biggest thing I've ever gotten to work on.
00:36The whole thing was a bit of a, like, pinch me.
00:38Pinch me moment.
00:39Yeah, for sure.
00:40Action!
00:41A goddess of wisdom and war.
00:45What was it that you loved about Athena that you just couldn't wait to sink your teeth into?
00:50Oh, man.
00:51So many things, but I think the way he's approached the character with, like, such humanity,
00:55and I think the manifestation of who she is is to represent the loss of humanity
01:02that I think Odysseus is kind of facing and coming to terms with.
01:06Let's go!
01:09With a quarter of a billion dollar budget, Nolan's new epic was shot entirely on IMAX cameras
01:15on location at historical sites in six different countries.
01:18The crew and Chris went all over the world, and just knowing that I was a part of that,
01:25and I was like, I want my part to stand up to what everyone else is doing.
01:32Ithaca's king is coming back.
01:34Well, it did.
01:35You're amazing as Queen Penelope.
01:37I love how you made her her own.
01:38You made her fierce.
01:39What did you want to bring to her to make Queen Penelope your own?
01:45Ooh, good question.
01:47I just wanted to reflect what Chris had written, because I've read the Odyssey.
01:53I'm a huge fan of Greek mythology.
01:55I'd never thought of her like that.
01:57You know, Chris really, he put a lot of lava in her veins.
02:01To your left, please!
02:02Lupita plays Helen of Troy, known as the most beautiful woman in the world, and at the center of the
02:07Trojan War.
02:08The face that launched a thousand ships.
02:11What were you excited for people to learn about Helen of Troy, and to make her your own?
02:17What endures about her is this beauty, this legendary beauty, and that is intimidating, I have to say, to portray.
02:25But my thought was, well, there's nothing I can do about that.
02:28It's either people think I'm beautiful or I'm not, you know?
02:31And so, who is Helen beyond that?
02:34So, that was my focus, to try and read life into someone to hopefully give her more humanity.
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