The opening weekend for The Odyssey was nothing short of epic. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old tale brought in $262.1 million worldwide, topping the global box office and surpassing the opening weekend of his previous blockbuster, Oppenheimer. He’s also the icon behind The Dark Knight trilogy, Interstellar, and Inception. But Nolan was once deemed not talented enough for film school.
Born in London, Nolan fell in love with movies as a child and began making short videos with his action figures. By the time he was 10 or 11, “I knew I wanted to make films,” he recounted to The Telegraph. But when he tried to follow the traditional path into the industry, he was rejected.
