Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey has introduced collectively some of the spectacular casts we have seen in years, but it surely additionally reunited a few actors who already know precisely how one can push one another’s buttons.
Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland have shared the display screen earlier than in The Misplaced Metropolis of Z and The Satan All of the Time, and now they’re again collectively for Nolan’s epic adaptation of Homer’s basic story.
It feels like their newest collaboration got here with loads of laughs because of Pattinson absolutely embracing one of many film’s most detestable characters… and utilizing that function to relentlessly mess with Holland.
In The Odyssey, Pattinson performs Antinous, one in all Penelope’s smug suitors who hopes to marry her whereas Odysseus is presumed misplaced. That naturally places him at odds with Holland’s Telemachus, who has no intention of letting somebody exchange his father.
Apparently Pattinson had an absolute blast leaning into that dynamic, telling Empire: “I imply, he’s simply the worst stepfather you possibly can probably have.
“I all the time find yourself doing these slithery issues with Tom and I don’t know why. This was only a enjoyable half to play: ‘I simply wish to be your daddy. I wish to be your daddy. That’s all I need!’”
After showing in The Misplaced Metropolis of Z and later The Satan All of the Time, they’ve clearly constructed the type of friendship the place this kind of relentless trolling is all a part of the job.
Holland actually would not appear to thoughts. He additionally spoke with Empire about reuniting with Pattinson, and it feels like having a well-known face on such an enormous manufacturing made an enormous distinction.
“Having a well-known face and somebody that I may share the display screen with was an actual security blanket for me. I’m all the time wanting to share scenes with Rob, as a result of he simply brings the very best out of everybody. I love his capacity to take large swings and make them really feel like the right determination for that character.”
Now he’ll be bringing that very same stage of dedication to Antinous, one of many central antagonists standing in Telemachus’ means.
It is going to be enjoyable watching these confrontations unfold on display screen, though it is most likely going to be unattainable not to consider Pattinson spending his downtime pestering Holland by insisting he needed to be his daddy.
Figuring out that little bit of behind-the-scenes context will make watching these tense scenes between the 2 actor much more entertaining.
Followers will not have to attend for much longer to see their chemistry play out when The Odyssey arrives in theaters on July 17.
