The decorated filmmaker recruited La Flame to craft an original song for Tenet in 2020. Travis Scott at Fashion Trust U.S. Awards 2026 held at Nya Studios West on April 7, 2026, in Los Angeles. Christopher Polk/WWD Trending on Billboard When Travis Scott popped up in The Odysse y trailer , some wondered how he ended up notching a role in the highly anticipated film. Fans now have an answer to that after director Christopher Nolan spoke to Time on Tuesday (May 12). Explore See latest videos, charts and news Nolan, who previously collaborated with Scott to have a song in 2020’s Tenet , explained that the move to cast La Flame was based on the film’s story being handed down as “oral poetry,” which he saw as being “analogous to rap.” “I cast him because I wanted to nod towards the idea that this story has been handed down as oral poetry, which is analogous to rap,” he said. Scott plays a bard in Nolan’s film, which arrives in U.S.…