He's certainly not perfect. And he's living with the consequences of his actions.
And that's dictating his behavior," Damon added.
Anne Hathaway portrays Queen Penelope, who manages the royal estate in Ithaca while resisting numerous suitors during her husband's 20-year absence.
"She's probably the most well-known character that I've ever played. But we only know her as far as we can see," said Hathaway.
She sought to explore the private reality of the character beyond traditional archetypes of patience and modesty.
"I didn't want to negate anything that anyone had ever felt about Penelope, that she was, you know, the picture of modesty, she's a paragon of patience, all of those things.
But a paragon isn't a person. And so I thought, OK, so let's allow that that's the way the world sees her.
Who is she when no one's looking?" said Hathaway.
Tom Holland co-stars as Telemachus, whose journey to locate his missing father runs parallel to Odysseus's path home in what Nolan described as both a coming-of-age and homecoming story.
"There are times where it feels like you're on this kind of action-adventure roller coaster, but he doesn't sacrifice any of the heart and the intimacy between our characters," said Holland.
He emphasized the underlying emotional bond maintained between the father and son figures throughout the narrative.
"Throughout the film, there's this real sense of connection between the two of us," Holland added.
Robert Pattinson plays Antinous, the primary antagonist among the suitors vying for the Ithacan throne.
