The Odyssey was an epic family affair for Christopher Nolan.
After all, the director’s kids—Flora, Oliver, Rory and Magnus—with his wife and longtime producing partner Emma Thomas were all “scattered” about the set as part of the crew.
“All four of them were able to work in the film,” Nolan told E! News in an exclusive interview. “They had a lot of fun, and it was great to have them along.”
Though Nolan’s children previously made cameos in his films like Inception, Interstellar and Oppenheimer, the Oscar winner emphasized that they “weren’t doing the glamorous jobs” this time around.
“I’d sort of look behind a boat at sea,” Nolan recalled with a chuckle, “see a guy in a wetsuit maneuvering the boat and realize it was one of my sons.”
And it was especially poignant for the 55-year-old to have his kids on set. As Nolan put it, “The Odyssey is a family story. And so—when you’re engaging with it creatively, emotionally—you do think a lot about your own life and your own relationships.”
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