Zendaya, who stars as the Greek goddess Athena in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film “The Odyssey,” says that freezing conditions affected her ability to speak on her first day on set. Multiple outlets report that she was filming in Iceland when cold temperatures left her mouth “frozen,” with her lips or jaw unable to move enough to deliver her dialogue. She describes the experience as feeling “frozen,” and says her mouth “would not move,” preventing her from saying her lines properly at the start of production. The reporting also frames the moment as part of her early adjustment to working on a Nolan film. Variety adds that Nolan responded to her difficulties with praise, describing her as “always perfect,” while the outlets consistently attribute the issue to the weather rather than performance. The accounts agree that the problem occurs during her first day filming her scenes, and that her character involvement as Athena is a key element of the production’s ensemble cast. “The Odyssey” is expected to reach theaters in a later release window.