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Who’s Who in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey: Cast List
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Who’s Who in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey: Cast List

A guide to the actors and characters in the epic film
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Will Gosner
Will Gosner is an associate editor covering general interest topics, including film, television, and sports. He has a B.A. from the University of Chicago. He joined Britannica in 2014.
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The ancient Greek poem the Odyssey, attributed to Homer, has endured for thousands of years, partly by being translated, reinterpreted, and adapted into novel art forms. Modern audiences might know the story of Odysseus’s peripatetic journey home to Ithaca from any of its many film versions. The latest movie adaptation of the epic tale is The Odyssey (2026), written and directed by Christopher Nolan. The British filmmaker assembled an eclectic cast to play the heroes...

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