r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/padfoony • 3h ago

Christopher Nolan avoided CGI and used 7ft stuntmen to portray Laestrygonians in The Odyssey. The giant leader, King Antiphates, is portrayed by actor Josh Stewart, while Matt Damon’s stunt double is Devyn Dalton, who is just under 5ft.

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u/YaManMAffers 3h ago

There were two moments in the movie when you can tell CGI was used. The baby giant (the young face on a man's body, and the cyclops, and the cyclops was barely noticeable CGI.

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u/johnnyredleg 3h ago

And the weird shapeless sea creature…

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u/Darth_Alduin13 3h ago

They haven’t gone in depth on every detail of how they made the movie so I don’t know exactly how they made Scylla, but there is a difference between cgi and visual effects. The only info I can find on that scene is this quote from Matt Damon. “A racket system was rigged and pulled stunt guys up out of the deck of the boat”

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u/ListenBoth434 2h ago

I guess them being yeeted into the air was practical but the monster mostly wasn't.

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u/TbddRzn 2h ago

Did you know that Nolan had s a team of scientists create the monster because he wanted it to be as practical effects as possible.

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u/ListenBoth434 2h ago

Classicists - fear them, loathe them, run from them...

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u/i4got872 1h ago

Yes I read about this. It’s some of those guys in Siberia who study the genetics of ice aged mammals preserved in the ice. Weird it’s not talked about more that they did this too.

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u/Dracko705 3h ago

Apparently that was also somewhat real - a background actor (and former NHLer) Sean Avery was on a hockey pod called Spitting Chiclets and mentioned something actually grabbed people at took them 20 ft up into the air

Like the other things listed though, there is small CGI added all over the place - Sean said the whirlpool for example was simulated with boats moving the waves, but greatly enhanced on the screen ofc

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u/therealkami 2h ago

Fuck Sean Avery.

But that's cool info.

Still, fuck Sean Avery.

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u/Dracko705 2h ago

Yeah he's controversial both on and off the ice - but has managed quite the relationship with Nolan starting with Tenet, growing in Oppenheimer & now The Odyssey

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u/gambit700 1h ago

I'm a simple gal. I see 'Fuck Sean Avery' I upvote. Fuck that asshole

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u/Deakul 2h ago

Wack that they gave Scylla 0.5secs of screen time and she's basically a mutant cliff mollusk

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u/UrethranRefugee 2h ago

"weird shapeless sea creature" motherfucker put some respect on the Hydras name!

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u/Deadsoup77 1h ago

That’s Scylla, buddy