Christopher Nolan Compares Samantha Morton In "The Odyssey" To Heath Ledger's "Joker"

Heath Ledger won a posthumous Oscar for his performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight, having died of an accidental drug overdose months before the film’s release in 2008.

Nolan was reunited with a number of his former collaborators on The Odyssey, including the aforementioned Anne Hathaway and Robert Pattinson, as well as Himesh Patel, Benny Safdie and Elliot Page, who previously starred in Tenet, Oppenheimer and Inception, respectively.

The Odyssey sails into cinemas in just one week’s time, on Friday 17 July.

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