Christopher Nolan is not phased by the pre-release backlash that’s been erupting on social media in the months leading up to his latest directorial effort, “The Odyssey.” The movie, a star-studded adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic, has irked Elon Musk and Trump’s MAGA base over its casting choices and riled up historical purists over Nolan’s armor design and use of American accents and modern English dialogue.
“Comes with the territory,” Nolan told The Telegraph about the film’s pre-release backlash. “But look, these conversations that happen before people see the film – they’re always irrelevant, because no one having them knows what the film actually is yet.”
Nolan knew from the beginning that tackling “The Odyssey” would ignite strong commentary online, and he’s a self-professed veteran when it comes to tuning out pre-release outrage.
“Remember, I spent 10 years of my life dealing with Batman. When I came on to ‘Batman Begins,’ writers and artists had been working on this beloved character for almost 65 years, and a lot of freighted thoughts were out there about what he represents. And what I learnt over my time on that trilogy is you can’t worry about any of that at all. What you have to do is honor the original text by interpreting it in the strongest way you personally can.”
