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The Jarring Scene No One Saw Coming In Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

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0:00Did Christopher Nolan really shoot a
0:02body horror scene for The Odyssey that
0:03would make David Cronenberg jealous? The
0:06answer is yes, and we honestly don't
0:08know if you're ready for it. Spoilers
0:09ahead. During an interview with Today,
0:11the star of said scene, the supremely
0:13talented Samantha Morton, alluded to how
0:15bonkers [music] it is by saying,
0:18>> So, without giving anything away,
0:19there's a scene that I do that people
0:22cannot believe is not CGI.
0:24>> Morton plays Circe, a witch that
0:26Odysseus and his men encounter after
0:28dealing with ball-of-feces, Poseidon's
0:31cyclops son, and some extremely
0:33unfriendly Laestrygonian [music] giants.
0:35If you're familiar with the story, you
0:37know what happens after she, according
0:39to Zeus's law, offers them food, drink,
0:41and shelter. She also turns them into
0:43pigs. But, it's not as simple as just
0:46waving a wand or uttering an
0:47incantation. Instead, it begins with the
0:50men seated around her cottage table and
0:52they're ravenously enjoying their bowls
0:54of stew. It all seems pretty normal at
0:56first, but things start to get weird
0:58once it becomes clear that they're no
1:00longer in control of their own bodies.
1:02As they start stuffing their faces like
1:03they're all competing to see who can
1:05make the grossest [music]
1:06mukbang video of all time, Circe circles
1:08the table and starts using her hands to
1:11literally shape them into pigs, as if
1:13they're made of nothing but clay. One by
1:15one, she essentially kneads them into
1:17swine. Each transformation more
1:19grotesque than the last. At one point,
1:22she even shoves her entire arm down a
1:23dude's throat. It's revolting in all the
1:26best ways and totally unexpected. This
1:28is because Nolan hasn't done anything
1:30remotely close to this in any of his
1:32previous [music] films. While we're all
1:33very used to the fact that he strives
1:35for authenticity, no matter how hard it
1:37is or how much it costs, [music]
1:38watching Morton's Circe perform literal
1:40magic right in front of our eyes is
1:42something else entirely. We honestly
1:44have no idea how he filmed it. Like we
1:47said before, David Cronenberg, the
1:49undisputed king of body horror and
1:51practical special effects, [music] is
1:52going to lose it when he sees the film,
1:54if he hasn't already. That being said,
1:56we really hope Nolan considers doing a
1:58straight-up horror film sometime in the
2:00near future. Yes, he went so far as to
2:02call Oppenheimer a horror film, but
2:04we're talking real horror. He's been
2:06able to master and push forward every
2:09genre he sets out to tackle. So, it's
2:11fun to think about what he can
2:12contribute to that well-explored [music]
2:13realm. While the practical effects
2:15aspect of the scene will likely be
2:17talked about for years to come, Morton's
2:19performance as a whole will also go down
2:21in history. But, during [music] a Today
2:22interview, Craig Melvin brought up a
2:24quote from Nolan that speaks to the
2:26power of her [music] acting.
2:27>> After one of Samantha's takes, the crew
2:29gave her a great round of applause. The
2:31last time that happened was with Heath
2:33Ledger on The Dark Knight.
2:35>> That's some profoundly high praise. So,
2:37it comes as no surprise that Morton
2:39didn't even know how to respond. But,
2:41this is far from her first brush with
2:43groundbreaking cinema. She's been a
2:45Hollywood staple for decades and boasts
2:47[music] a long list of accolades,
2:49including two Oscar nominations. We have
2:51no doubt that her brief [music] but
2:53powerful performance as Serci will earn
2:55her at least a few more. Her crazy scene
2:57is just one of many that can't be found
2:59anywhere in the trailers.
3:00>> [music]
3:00>> So, we implore you to get your butt in a
3:02theater and see the Odyssey the way it's
3:04meant to be seen on the biggest [music]
3:06screen possible.