Ben Affleck Raved About Robert Pattinson’s ‘The Odyssey’ Performance, Recalls Matt Damon: He Said ‘It Was Like Watching a Guy Run Into an Avalanche’

Nov 15, 2026 12:08pm PT Ben Affleck Raved About Robert Pattinson’s ‘The Odyssey’ Performance, Recalls Matt Damon: He Said ‘It Was Like Watching a Guy Run Into an Avalanche’

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Starring in four major movies just this year, Robert Pattinson’s star power has been put to the test, and even Ben Affleck is noticing.

After seeing Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” for the first time, the actor consulted his close friend and star of the film, Matt Damon, to discuss Pattinson’s performance as Antinous, the antagonistic ringleader of Penelope’s suitors.

“Ben Affleck probably talked to me for 20 minutes about just Rob after he saw the movie,” Damon said during a screening event for the film at the David Geffen Theater in the Academy Museum on Saturday night (via EW). “When they talk about a brave performance — Ben goes, ‘You had the benefit of all of the might and power of Christopher Nolan storytelling at your back’ and I went, ‘Yeah.’”

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