The Odyssey (2026) Cast - Who's Who?

Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's epic poem THE ODYSSEY for Universal Pictures releases July 17, 2026
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Starting to wonder if Zeus and Poseidon are even in the film...I don't see any of the announced cast playing them, I keep waiting for one of the trades or film scoopers on twitter to announce someone like Anthony Hopkins was spotted on the set. Maybe as others have suggested, Nolan will portray these two Gods in nonphysical forms?

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thesink wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 6:18 am
Anyway some more predictions

Elliot Page - Elpenor
Reportedly part of the Iceland shoot, which I predict will be used for the underworld section. So Elpenor fits.
Bill Irwin - Laertes
Was spotted in Favignana. Where I believe they were shooting scenes for Ithica.
Ryan Hurst - Mentor
Seen in multiple scenes travelling with Holland.
I think Himesh Patel is part of Odysseus' crew. He was in Morroco, then travelled with the other actors you mentioned. Was part of that clique. Then a lot of the other male actors who we don't have confirmation for will likely be suitors.

The three I am really curious about are Samantha Morton, Cosmo Jarvis and Mia Goth.
Great work

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radewart wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 10:26 am
Starting to wonder if Zeus and Poseidon are even in the film...I don't see any of the announced cast playing them, I keep waiting for one of the trades or film scoopers on twitter to announce someone like Anthony Hopkins was spotted on the set. Maybe as others have suggested, Nolan will portray these two Gods in nonphysical forms?
I predicted the nonphysical forms, though it depends on how possible the general narrative is if you were to do that.

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thesink wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 6:18 am
Anyway some more predictions

Elliot Page - Elpenor
Reportedly part of the Iceland shoot, which I predict will be used for the underworld section. So Elpenor fits.
Bill Irwin - Laertes
Was spotted in Favignana. Where I believe they were shooting scenes for Ithica.
Ryan Hurst - Mentor
Seen in multiple scenes travelling with Holland.
I think Himesh Patel is part of Odysseus' crew. He was in Morroco, then travelled with the other actors you mentioned. Was part of that clique. Then a lot of the other male actors who we don't have confirmation for will likely be suitors.

The three I am really curious about are Samantha Morton, Cosmo Jarvis and Mia Goth.
Would expect a slightly more notable role for Elliot, is that role particularly standout in the OG story?

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Well, if Lupita is rumored to have filmed a
bloody scene, she I's obviously playing Agamemnon's wife.
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willow wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 5:28 am
Zlata wrote:
June 18th, 2025, 4:12 am
Lupita Nyong'o is either Clytemnestra or Helen of Troy. There is no way they would make these two characters to be identical twins.
Lupita Nyong'o was seen in Morocco for the filming of the Troy sequence, so it could mean that she's Helen, and the Clytemnestra one was fake rumour that was spread to prevent leaks.




But then again, Tom Holland was also in Morocco. which wouldn't make sense if he's playing Telemachus. so who knows.
Were those few pics of Tom and John together taken in Morocco?

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thesink wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 5:56 am
willow wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 5:28 am
Zlata wrote:
June 18th, 2025, 4:12 am
Lupita Nyong'o is either Clytemnestra or Helen of Troy. There is no way they would make these two characters to be identical twins.
Lupita Nyong'o was seen in Morocco for the filming of the Troy sequence, so it could mean that she's Helen, and the Clytemnestra one was fake rumour that was spread to prevent leaks.

But then again, Tom Holland was also in Morocco. which wouldn't make sense if he's playing Telemachus. so who knows.
They shot stuff a Atlas Studios in Morroco. That is on top of all the stuff in Aït Benhaddou, which was used to represent Troy. That might explain her and Tom being there for that section of the shoot. As well as Bernthal. Not sure if Safdie was ever spotted in Morroco.
I know the "bloody" scene that was described between him and Lupita was supposedly in Greece. Where the source claimed she was playing Clytemnestra
Well, if they have added the fall of Troy into the movie, Safdie obviously should be part of it as Agamemnon. So I guess he was just not spotted in Morocco, but he's there.
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thesink wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 6:18 am
Anyway some more predictions

Elliot Page - Elpenor
Reportedly part of the Iceland shoot, which I predict will be used for the underworld section. So Elpenor fits.
Bill Irwin - Laertes
Was spotted in Favignana. Where I believe they were shooting scenes for Ithica.
Ryan Hurst - Mentor
Seen in multiple scenes travelling with Holland.
I think Himesh Patel is part of Odysseus' crew. He was in Morroco, then travelled with the other actors you mentioned. Was part of that clique. Then a lot of the other male actors who we don't have confirmation for will likely be suitors.

The three I am really curious about are Samantha Morton, Cosmo Jarvis and Mia Goth.

If Elliot is Elpenor, wouldn't he be part of the ship crew with Will Yun Lee, and Jovan Adepo? And as far as we know, he hasn't been spotted in any of the previous locations.

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Waitedalongtime wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 6:18 pm
thesink wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 6:18 am
Anyway some more predictions

Elliot Page - Elpenor
Reportedly part of the Iceland shoot, which I predict will be used for the underworld section. So Elpenor fits.
Bill Irwin - Laertes
Was spotted in Favignana. Where I believe they were shooting scenes for Ithica.
Ryan Hurst - Mentor
Seen in multiple scenes travelling with Holland.
I think Himesh Patel is part of Odysseus' crew. He was in Morroco, then travelled with the other actors you mentioned. Was part of that clique. Then a lot of the other male actors who we don't have confirmation for will likely be suitors.

The three I am really curious about are Samantha Morton, Cosmo Jarvis and Mia Goth.
Would expect a slightly more notable role for Elliot, is that role particularly standout in the OG story?
Not exactly the most memorable character in the story. But if Nolan did Elpenor well, he can be use as part of an emotional core of one journey.

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willow wrote:
June 20th, 2025, 4:24 am
thesink wrote:
June 19th, 2025, 6:18 am
Anyway some more predictions

Elliot Page - Elpenor
Reportedly part of the Iceland shoot, which I predict will be used for the underworld section. So Elpenor fits.
Bill Irwin - Laertes
Was spotted in Favignana. Where I believe they were shooting scenes for Ithica.
Ryan Hurst - Mentor
Seen in multiple scenes travelling with Holland.
I think Himesh Patel is part of Odysseus' crew. He was in Morroco, then travelled with the other actors you mentioned. Was part of that clique. Then a lot of the other male actors who we don't have confirmation for will likely be suitors.

The three I am really curious about are Samantha Morton, Cosmo Jarvis and Mia Goth.

If Elliot is Elpenor, wouldn't he be part of the ship crew with Will Yun Lee, and Jovan Adepo? And as far as we know, he hasn't been spotted in any of the previous locations.
Elliot is most likely playing Tiresias, the Blind Prophet.

In Greek mythology Tiresias famously transformed between male and female.

Bravo Nolan.

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