Tom Holland says he initially feared that director Christopher Nolan disliked his performance during the first day of filming his role in Nolan’s Imax-shot epic “The Odyssey.” Holland plays Telemachus in the film, which is scheduled to premiere July 17. The actor said that he kept hearing Nolan call for cuts and, because he was new to working with the Imax setup, he concluded Nolan must be unhappy with his work. Holland described the experience as a steep learning curve and said he thought he was “totally” underperforming during his first day on set.
According to Holland, the misunderstanding was ultimately tied to the practical realities of shooting with Imax cameras for the first time. Multiple outlets report that Nolan’s use of cuts was related to camera limitations and the need to adjust to the Imax process, rather than dissatisfaction with Holland’s acting. Holland’s comments frame his early on-set concerns as part of adapting to a new production environment on a Nolan film.
