With just a few days to go for the release of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, anticipation has been sky-high for the epic fantasy action film. Robert Pattinson has now discussed about his character Antinous in the film and compared it to Taylor Lautner’s Jacob in the Twilight movie franchise, 15 years after he last played Edward Cullen.

“I think they will be rooting for him. I keep comparing it—it’s kind of like Jacob in Twilight,” he told MTV UK. "What The Odyssey is about — Penelope just can’t make her mind up between the two guys and I’m just trying to like help her make a decision. It’s like, ‘It’s fine. He’s dead, get over it'," he added.

The film is based on Greek king Odysseus' (Matt Damon) long and ardous 10-year-long journey after the Trojan war to reunite with his wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland).

Pattinson stars as Antinous, a suitor vying for Penelope’s hand in marriage and Odysseus’ throne overseeing the kingdom of Ithaca.

The Odyssey has set massive expectations as it is the first feature film to be entirely shot with IMAX cameras with Nolan admitting that he shot over 2 million feet of film in 91 days.

The star-studded cast also features The film also stars Zendaya, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Bill Irwin, Samantha Morton, Jesse Garcia, Will Yun Lee, Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez, Mia Goth, among others. Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas are producing the film through their production company, Syncopy.

The Odyssey is slated for release in theatres on July 17.

In 2008, Pattinson starred in his breakout role as Edward Cullen in Twilight, based on the books by Stephenie Meyer. The sparkly vampire competed with werewolf Jacob Black for the affection of Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga franchise, which included New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn — Part 1 and Breaking Dawn — Part 2.