{"id":807601,"date":"2026-07-17T09:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807601\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T09:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:59:13","slug":"robert-pattinson-thought-matt-damon-was-a-complete-psycho-on-the-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807601\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pattinson Thought Matt Damon Was a Complete Psycho on The Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Pattinson recalled a moment when he thought Matt Damon was “a complete psycho” before learning he was “screaming and screaming and screaming” to prepare for his role in The Odyssey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The actor, who plays Antinous in this week’s new Christopher Nolan movie, spoke about the incident during a recent video for MTV UK<\/a>. He said he was worried that Damon, who plays Odysseus, was having a “really bad toilet experience” in his trailer before learning the actor had a legitimate reason for cranking up the volume.<\/p>\n

“There’s a thing, which Matt did, when we were shooting something, and he was in the trailer next to me, and he was making these noises in the trailer,” Pattinson said. “He’s such a nice guy, and I thought he was on the phone, and I’m like, ‘He’s a complete psycho.’ Like, he’s just screaming and screaming and screaming.”<\/p>\n

“I thought he was having a really bad toilet experience,” Pattinson added with a laugh. As it turns out, Damon’s screaming, which could also be heard by co-star Tom Holland, was the actor’s attempt to rough up his voice.<\/p>\n

“He was blowing his voice out just to sound older, and I was just like\u2026 seeing him on the mast, I’m like, ‘You’re really taking years off your life doing this.'”<\/p>\n

Damon will bring his portrayal of Odysseus to screens across the world when The Odyssey premieres tomorrow, July 17. Early preview showings are also available as of today.<\/p>\n

The Odyssey Images\"\"<\/p>\n

IGN gave Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic an 8\/10 review<\/a>. We said, “The Odyssey adapts Homer through a new eye that brings a sense of horror and existential angst to the story \u2013 and some humor too. It may not be a perfect movie, but it\u2019s a pretty great moviegoing experience all the same.”<\/p>\n

For more, you can read what Nolan had to say about all of the backlash his movie’s received<\/a> the last few months. You can also check out what Imax CEO Richard Gelfond told viewers hoping to see more support for 70mm projectors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He’s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Pattinson recalled a moment when he thought Matt Damon was “a complete psycho” before learning he was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-807601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}