Christopher Nolan Praises Tom Holland’s Talent, Hints at Future Collaboration After 'The Odyssey'

Christopher Nolan, the acclaimed director behind films like Inception and The Dark Knight trilogy, recently shared his thoughts on Tom Holland’s talent during an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Nolan made the remarks while discussing his upcoming epic film The Odyssey, which features a star-studded cast, including several actors he has previously collaborated with. Among the new faces in the cast is Holland, who plays the son of Anne Hathaway’s character.

“And [Hathaway’s] son is played by Tom Holland, who’s amazing, who I’ve not worked with before, but would love to work with again,” Nolan said. “I mean, he’s just an incredible talent, as everybody else but me knew before I sort of got into it with him. But he’s so, so great.”

“And [Hathaway’s] son is played by Tom Holland, who’s amazing, who I’ve not worked with before, but would love to work with again. I mean, he’s just an incredible talent, as everybody else but me knew before I sort of got into it with him. But he’s so, so great.”

Colbert quickly pointed out that Hathaway, Holland, and Robert Pattinson have all portrayed superheroes or antiheroes in their careers. Hathaway played Catwoman in Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, Holland stars as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Pattinson is set to play Batman in the upcoming The Batman film.

“And we have Jason Bourne as well,” Nolan joked, referring to Matt Damon’s role in the film.

Colbert then asked Nolan if modern-day superheroes draw inspiration from Greek heroes, to which the director agreed wholeheartedly.

“Very directly,” Nolan responded. “No, they are! I mean, they’re the original superheroes. And a lot of — I mean, even comic book culture, whether you’re talking about Marvel or DC or all the rest — a lot of it comes pretty directly from the Homeric epics.”

He added, “And the thing about Homer is nobody knows if that was a person. You know, they don’t know. I mean, Homer, in a way, is the sort of George Lucas, maybe, of his time.”