Does The Odyssey having A list actors make it more or less likely to get a Casting nom?

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On the one hand I intuitively feel like it's sort of lazy for Nolan to just go with every big A lister he can find, the casting seems very based on industry connections and who's "hot" right now rather than genuinely trying to find actual new talent.

On the other hand the casting branch might like to see familiar faces, most of the cast is generally well-established as actors who can act and last season's nominees seemed to be mostly well-known actors (Dicaprio, Chalamet, Jordan etc) with some unknowns.

Genuinely curious because I have no idea what the casting branch looks out for but maybe someone here might have better insight

Posted Jul 10, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC

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