This adaptation hits the major beats of the story with some adjustments for the sake of entertainment.

While this is very much Odysseus’s story,the series gives the supporting players strong inner lives.

Scacchi and Papas play the tension between the two women very well.

Armand Assante in 1997’s The Odyssey

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Seriously, who isn’t in this movie at this point?

Just asChristopher Nolan’s version plans toshoot on a seaside location,The Odysseyminiseries also uses real locations.

His performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves looking serious in a denim jacket with a fur collar in The Umbrella Academy

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Isabella Rosselliniis a standout as Athena, a goddess who Odysseus can see and talk to.

Watching the series,its easy to imagine how much Christopher Nolan could do with this material.

Bernadette Peters as Circe in The Odyssey (1997)

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Isabella Rossellini as Athena in The Odyssey (1997)

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