Ben Affleck chooses Robert Pattinson over his friend Matt Damon for The Odyssey acting honors

“When they’re talking about a gutsy performance, Ben says, ‘You had all the power and power of Christopher Nolan’s storytelling behind your back,’ and I said, ‘Yeah,’ The Hollywood Reporter said Damon deadpanned in front of a screening audience in Los Angeles on Saturday night. “And he said, ‘Rob had all the heft and heft and power of Christopher Nolan’s storytelling.’ fall on him. And the way he did it, it was like watching a guy run into an avalanche. Affleck was of course referring to Current Batman And Potential James Bond Robert Pattinson’s work as The OdysseyThe main antagonist of Antinous, who (spoiler for a poem about 3,000 years old) loses to Damon’s Odysseus in the quest for the hand of Queen Penelope.

Damon continued to explain Affleck’s admiration for someone on screen who wasn’t him, quoting, “Any moment where he could be more cowardly, more hateful, you could see his wheels turning. ‘How could I make this even worse for myself?’ And it was so fun to watch because he’s such a dynamic actor and so interesting. Damon, appearing alongside costars Tom Holland, John Leguizamo, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Himesh Patel and Elliot Page, took Affleck’s potential in good humor, while various other actors assured Damon that he was also very good in the box office blockbuster.