Damon Says Affleck Spent 20 Minutes Talking About Pattinson's Odyssey Work

Ben Affleck spent about 20 minutes talking to Matt Damon about Robert Pattinson after seeing Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Damon has revealed. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Damon shared the story at a Los Angeles event for the film.

Affleck's verdict on Pattinson's performance, as Damon passed it on, was that it was like watching a guy run into an avalanche. Damon did not say what Affleck meant in more detail.

The Los Angeles event brought together a large part of the cast. Damon was joined by Tom Holland, John Leguizamo, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Himesh Patel and Elliot Page. The group then held a 40-minute question-and-answer session at the Academy Museum, the Los Angeles museum run by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group behind the Oscars. They talked about what it was like to work on the film.

Holland singled out a scene between Damon and Anne Hathaway. In it, Odysseus has returned to Ithaca, his home island, but is still in hiding. Odysseus is the hero of Homer's ancient epic poem, and Damon plays him in the film. Holland praised the scene in the discussion.

Patel recalled the filming at sea as a hard stretch. He said Damon kept cast and crew motivated during the brutal sea shoots by telling them that every SAG actor would die to be in their position. SAG is the Screen Actors Guild, the union for film and television actors in the United States.