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‘The Odyssey’: Everybody Using American Accents Is Definitely a Choice
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‘The Odyssey’: Everybody Using American Accents Is Definitely a Choice

The Hollywood Reporter·James Hibberd·27 days ago
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The Odyssey : Christopher Nolan ‘s adaptation of Homer’s timeless epic set in ancient Greece. An operatic, fantastical tale of Odysseus, Telemachus, Antinous and Athena. “Not just a story,” as director Christopher Nolan declared at CinemaCon , “but the story.” And also: Dude . Everybody sounds like they’re from Ohio. On Tuesday, Universal dropped the latest and most footage-filled trailer yet (below) for the highly anticipated film. Fans are impressed by the film’s scope and compelling star-studded cast. They’re also a bit thrown by one choice: The characters sound American and use contemporary-sounding language—more Ithaca, New York than Ithaca, Greece. At one point, Matt Damon’s Odysseus leads a battle charge by crying, “Let’s go!” Even stars Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson, who are English, sound American. The choice is a striking departure from the unwritten Hollywood rule of characters in historical epics employing British accents — from The Ten Commandments to Ben-Hur to Gladiator to HBO’s Rome .…

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