Mia Goth’s Overwhelming Nerves Assembly Christopher Nolan

Mia Goth was “so nervous” about assembly Christopher Nolan for The Odyssey she felt like she may be sick.

The Frankenstein actress admitted on the Glad Unhappy Confused podcast that she was so nervous to audition for the Oscar-winning filmmaker that she felt like she can be sick on the drive to Common Studios.

“I discovered that Chris wished to satisfy me. I keep in mind driving over to Common and being so nervous that I wished to throw up,” she recalled. “I attempted to inform myself what a privilege it’s to even really feel this, , you’re so nervous, you wish to be sick. After which I went in there and did the audition after which I bought the job.”

The Pearl star revealed that the venture was so top-secret that she was given a “dummy” script to audition with and wasn’t allowed to learn the true script and uncover her character till she’d accepted the supply.

“Then I discovered that I needed to settle for the job earlier than I might even learn the script and discover out what the position was. In order that was a brand new course of,” she shared. “So I mentioned, ‘Yeah, I’m in.’ After which they gave me the script.”

The motion fantasy movie, an adaptation of Homer’s historical Greek epic The Odyssey, follows the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, Odysseus (Matt Damon), on his lengthy and threatening journey house to his spouse Penelope following the Trojan Warfare.

The movie additionally stars Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Tom Holland as their son Telemachus, in addition to Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Lupita Nyong’o.

Goth, who performs their maid Melantho, admitted that engaged on Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein – her first big-budget manufacturing – gave her the arrogance she wanted to step on Nolan’s “fully overwhelming” and “completely surreal” set.

“I don’t suppose I might have executed Nolan with out having that have with Guillermo first,” she added.

The Odyssey will likely be launched in July 2026.

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