The NFL fanbase was treated to a sneak peek of Travis Scott's role in Christopher Nolan's grandiose Greek epic, "The Odyssey," during a new TV spot that aired during Fox's Sunday broadcast of the AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos. In the tantalizing teaser, Scott commands the attention of a group of soldiers, including Tom Holland's Telemachus and Jon Bernthal's Menelaus, as he stands atop a table. Clips of the 10-time Grammy nominee's debut quickly gained traction on social media.
This isn't the first time Scott and Nolan have collaborated; Scott recorded the track "The Plan" for Nolan's 2020 sci-fi thriller "Tenet." "His voice became the final piece of a yearlong puzzle," Nolan told GQ in a 2020 profile of Scott. "His insights into the musical and narrative mechanism [composer] Ludwig Göransson and I were building were immediate, insightful, and profound."
"The Odyssey" is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated films in recent memory. Matt Damon stars as the Greek hero Odysseus, while the film boasts an all-star cast including Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Bernthal, Benny Safdie, and Elliot Page.
"The Odyssey" is the first narrative feature shot entirely on Imax cameras, a feat that was previously impossible due to the Imax cameras' loudness, which made intimate dialogue scenes impossible. However, thanks to a new film casing called a "blimp," the noise can be significantly reduced. "The blimp system is a game-changer," Nolan told Empire Magazine. "You can be shooting a foot from [an actor’s] face while they’re whispering and get usable sound. What that opens up are intimate moments of performance on the world’s most beautiful format."
