Casting the Odyssey with Greek actors only
Matt Damon did not do it for me as Odysseus. After watching the movie, I kept trying to think of a modern Hollywood actor I would have casted and I finally found him in the face of Yorgos Karamihos; he is a Greek actor that has taken part in many international productions and he even used to teach at Stella Adler in L.A. Fun fact: he portrayed Paris in a comedic adaption of the Iliad on a theater stage in Athens in the early 2000s.
Prompted by this choice, I decided to cast the rest of the movie with Greek actors only: so here goes!
Telemachus - Demetres Kapouranes
Antinous - Michalis Leventogiannis
Helen of Troy - Evgenia Xygorou
Eumaeus - Antonis Kafetzopoulos
Eurylochus - Promitheus Aleifieropoulos
Come to think of it, many of my choices are Greek actors who either are half-Greek and have lived abroad or have participated in foreign productions (or both!). So this really could be feasible, regarding their familiarity with a large set. The speaking language of the movie would be Greek though (goes without saying, no?) What do you think? :)))
Posted Aug 18, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC