{"id":18512,"date":"2026-07-27T05:27:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T00:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18512"},"modified":"2026-07-27T05:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T00:27:34","slug":"christopher-nolan-would-be-terrified-to-make-rom-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=18512","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Nolan Would Be &#8220;Terrified&#8221; To Make Rom-Com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFor fans who haven\u2019t yet seen <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/christopher-nolan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_christopher-nolan\" data-tag=\"christopher-nolan\">Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2018s <em>The Odyssey<\/em>, don\u2019t expect Odysseus to have a meet-cute with Penelope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile the 2x Oscar winner\u2019s ancient epic adaptation has already <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/box-office-global-the-odyssey-toy-story-5-1237004022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crossed the $600M global mark<\/a>, he confessed he\u2019d be \u201cterrified\u201d to jump genres and take on a romantic-comedy, explaining why it would be \u201cone of the hardest things in the world\u201d to make.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI think doing a rom-com would be incredibly difficult. I love watching those movies,\u201d he said on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XNvfCrrGqGM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a><\/em>. \u201cBut no, I think people who direct comedy, people who do comedy, I think that\u2019s one of the hardest things in the world to make people laugh that way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNolan continued, \u201cParticularly, the risk they take when you make a film\u2014if I show a film to people and maybe they don\u2019t respond to bits of it, I\u2019m like, \u2018Ah, they don\u2019t get it. Whatever.\u2019 There\u2019s no hiding behind that when you do comedy. So, I would be terrified of doing anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAn adaptation of Homer\u2019s epic, <em>The Odyssey<\/em> follows Odysseus (Matt Damon) through the incredible trials and mythical encounters he faces on his decade-long journey home to wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland) after the Trojan War.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christopher Nolan on Matt Damon Revealing The Odyssey Spoilers; Shares Behind-the-Scenes Stories\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XNvfCrrGqGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film also stars Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Lupita Nyong\u2019o, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Bill Irwin, Samantha Morton, Jesse Garcia, Will Yun Lee, Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez, Mia Goth, Travis Scott and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For fans who haven\u2019t yet seen Christopher Nolan\u2018s The Odyssey, don\u2019t expect Odysseus to have a meet-cute with Penelope. 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