Actor Elliot Page is coming back together with his Inception director Christopher Nolan for the upcoming epic The Odyssey. Page talked about it during the reunion panel for X-Men: Days of Future Past at the recent New York Comic-Con event. Page said, "I was so excited to be thought of for it and being asked to comeback to work with him. I loved working with him on Inception and loved being a part of that movie. So I was just completely jazzed and excited."
Page shared that he discussed the project with Nolan, read the screenplay, and gave "a big yes" to it. The actor also discussed the gender change he had in the years between Inception and The Odyssey. Recently, he came out as a transman and changed his name from Ellen Page to Elliot Page. Speaking about it within the context of the upcoming film, based on Homer's epic poem, Page said, "To come back now, as you can imagine, being more comfortable in yourself makes these sorts of projects more enjoyable...To get to have a Chris Nolan experience again now meant so much to me."
A rapturous crowd at the Comic-Con event responded to Page's comments with big cheers. Elliot Page also revealed that he got the opportunity to visit "some pretty awesome places" as part of the film's shoot. "It is going to be epic," he said about the film.
As reported earlier, Nolan has shot the film on IMAX cameras at locations such as Greece, Malta, Morocco, Italy, Scotland, Western Sahara, Los Angeles, and Iceland. The film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, and charts his arduous journey back home following the Trojan War. Tom Holland stars as Odysseus's son Telemachus. The cast includes Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, and Jon Bernthal, among others.
The Odyssey is slated for a July 17, 2026, release in theatres worldwide.
