{"id":825755,"date":"2026-07-25T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825755\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:00:10","slug":"embrace-difference-says-4-foot-6-b-c-performer-devyn-dalton-damons-odyssey-double","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825755\/","title":{"rendered":"Embrace difference, says 4-foot-6 B.C. performer Devyn Dalton, Damon’s Odyssey double"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver stunt woman Devyn Dalton says she never expected her biceps to go viral.<\/p>\n

But then Matt Damon credited his four-foot-six-inch stunt double in \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d for having \u201cthe greatest arms\u201d he\u2019s ever seen.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t identify her in the interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, but after friends tagged her name in the video on social media, Dalton said her phone blew up at 4 a.m. in New Zealand where she\u2019s filming a new project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m like, what is going on? And of course I\u2019m ignoring it, and then when I woke up, I saw the video and my friends are so sweet \u2014 they had tagged my name in the video, and then that is how people actually found out,\u201d said Dalton.<\/p>\n

The attention, she said, has been \u201cawesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dalton, 34, stands in for Damon during a scene filmed in forced perspective, in which Odysseus faces giant cannibalistic giants, the Laestrygonians. The illusion was created not with CGI, but by using what Damon described as seven-foot stuntmen as the giants alongside stand-ins for Odysseus and his crew who were all under five feet tall. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen she came into the catering tent was the first time I met her,\u201d Damon said of Dalton. \u201cI went up and I hugged her. I thanked her for all the work she had put in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dalton said she felt \u201cso humbled\u201d by receiving attention from people who are excited about seeing strong female stunt performers thriving.<\/p>\n

And yes, she said, that\u2019s her in one of the posters for the movie that shows an armoured Laestrygonian towering over Odysseus.<\/p>\n

Dalton said it\u2019s not very common for women to double for men, but it can happen when directors prioritize a performer\u2019s skill sets and athleticism. <\/p>\n

In addition to being a stunt performer, Dalton is a dancer, athlete, actress, and motion-capture artist who has been performing in film for about 17 years. <\/p>\n

She has more than 90 credits to her name.<\/p>\n

Dalton said she has doubled for children, both boys and girls, and had also done \u201ccreature work,\u201d as zombies, demons and apes; she was fresh out of high school when she got her first role in 2011\u2019s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, playing the chimpanzee Cornelia in a motion-capture role.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd through that, I met amazing stunt people. Shout out to the Vancouver stunt community, because we have so many incredibly talented people there, and they kind of showed me the stunt world,\u201d said Dalton. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s so much fun when you get to dive into a character and transform into something else. I find it so liberating and freeing as a performer and an artist, and that\u2019s why we call it acting, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dalton said that when she isn\u2019t working, she is training \u2014 running, biking, swimming, dancing, yoga and martial arts, from jiu-jitsu to boxing. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always ready to go because fitness is my lifestyle,\u201d said Dalton. \u201cIt\u2019s actually something that I think is so important. I just encourage everyone to get out there and move and take care of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dalton said her small frame has not hindered her career and the key to success was not being scared to push boundaries. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easy to kind of be put in a box or maybe stereotyped, but I think you just embrace whatever your difference is and you believe in it,\u201d said Dalton. <\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew that I could do more than just what people thought I should play with my size or my look. But if you believe in yourself and you put the training in, and the time and the dedication, you can do whatever characters you want.\u201d<\/p>\n

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