Matt Damon has revealed The Odyssey feels like "six or seven movies in one".
The Hollywood actor, 55, leads the cast of Sir Christopher Nolan's new blockbuster - based on Homer's ancient Greek epic - and Matt has told film fans they are in for a treat because they filmed in so many different locations.
In an interview with Variety, Matt explained: "It felt like it felt like six or seven movies in one. Because it kind of was.
"Each location was incredibly challenging, but each location was challenging in a different way. And I said to Emma [Thomas], actually, like a month in, I said: 'Thank God, I’m not producing'."
Matt went on to add: 'I feel] wave of gratitude that hasn’t really gone away ... This [role] is at the very top, because just the technical challenges to do this at this scale were beyond anything I’ve ever seen."
His co-star Robert Pattinson also spoke about reteaming with his Tenet director on The Odyssey, adding: "[He] manages to make these enormous things, but just never seems stressed.
"It’s always incredibly enjoyable. You know it’s gonna be so well organized and it’s gonna be like the highest level of ambition … and it’s just fun."
Matt previously revealed he was amazed by how Nolan was able to build The Odyssey's "world".
Speaking to Collider, Matt shared: "I don't know how he did it. I don't know. "I mean, the amount of vision that it took to build this world and how intentional it was. He talked about it from the moment we had our first conversation about it, and how it's myth, it's this ancient world, but he wanted to ground it.
"So all of those conversations about the wardrobe and the layering and the layers of dirt and everything, it was about this comprehensive effort on the part of all the departments to just really world-build.
"Then, to be able to do it on IMAX, which was the goal, but we didn't know if we'd do it. He didn't announce that as we set off. I mean, we knew that was the intention, but we didn't know if we'd be able to do it, and that is the final piece that just puts you there."
The new movie was shot using a new IMAX camera that relied on the actors and actresses using mirrors. Matt found working with "the mirror system" to be a new and interesting challenge.
He said: "It's really interesting because that was one of the big questions — is the mirror system going to work? We knew technically it could work, but would it interfere with the ability to do an image?"
The Odyssey hits cinemas on July 17.
