COSTUME DRAMA

‘Odyssey’ Star Reveals Health Conditions That Plagued Cast on Set

The costumes for the blockbuster proved to be a real pain.

Matt Damon has revealed that several cast members from The Odyssey suffered from back pain while filming Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster. With an all-star lineup, it is an adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic poem of the same name. Set after the Trojan War, it follows the king of Ithaca, Odysseus (Matt Damon), as he spends 10 years trying to get home to his wife Penelope (played by Anne Hathaway), which meant a lot of time in costume. “A lot of us are middle-aged people and what we got was back pain,” Damon told Radio Andy host Andy Cohen. He also revealed that they spent a lot of time in sandals, which took its toll on the stars’ feet, with many suffering cuts. “Oh my God, running through Troy, like, you know, it’s all stone,” Damon said. “You’re in these sandals, and they’re very real. Our feet were all scuffed up.” But worst of all, he said, was the back pain: “It was a heavy Advil movie in those weeks when we were doing all that action stuff.”