The Odyssey - Official 'Fantastic Voyage' Behind-the-Scenes Video (2026) Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway

[00:01] Promise me you will come back.

[00:08] >> What if I can't?

[00:11] >> The Odyssey is a massive story. That's a

[00:15] really exciting challenge to take on.

[00:18] >> This is definitely the biggest movie

[00:20] that I've ever done in my career. It

[00:22] feels like we made six or seven movies.

[00:24] And in a sense, we did. every single

[00:26] kind of chapter of this adventure was at

[00:29] a different location that posed a

[00:31] different challenge.

[00:32] >> You just know that the locations when

[00:34] you're telling a story like this are

[00:35] going to be like characters unto

[00:36] themselves. So, they have to be extra

[00:37] special. And so, we found ourselves in

[00:40] these really amazing places.

[00:44] >> There are parts of the world that I

[00:45] don't think I would even have ever seen

[00:48] or known about had it not been for this

[00:50] experience. As an actress, it's such a

[00:52] luxury to be in such an immersive space.

[00:55] I don't have to pretend like I'm on a

[00:56] boat. I am on the boat, you know, like

[00:58] we are at sea. What a gift. You know,

[01:02] there's a certain level of information

[01:04] that you learn when something is real.

[01:07] So, when you go to these places, you

[01:08] just feel it and it just adds another

[01:11] layer to what it is that you're trying

[01:12] to express.

[01:14] >> Action.

[01:15] >> One of the things I like about shooting

[01:17] on location is we're moving countries

[01:19] every couple of weeks, so it gives you

[01:21] this incredible momentum.

[01:24] The issue on this film is that we're

[01:26] shooting in extraordinary places that

[01:28] were hard to get to, hard to shoot in.

[01:30] >> You know, you normally if you're doing a

[01:31] Hollywood movie at the base camp is 10

[01:33] seconds away from the set. When you're

[01:35] shooting Chris not movie, it's like

[01:37] that's a 45minute hike in sandals.

[01:40] They're full costume. I mean, every

[01:43] location we went to, I would get there

[01:44] and I'd just start laughing. Go like,

[01:46] who thought you should shoot a movie

[01:48] here?

[01:50] You know, we're shooting in Nester's

[01:52] cave in Greece. It's this incredible

[01:54] place, but nobody's ever tried to shoot

[01:56] a film up there. And so to see the

[01:58] rigging that they did to basically turn

[02:00] it into a natural sound stage, I I don't

[02:03] I don't know any other director who

[02:05] would try it.

[02:06] >> There was no location that was

[02:09] straightforward and easy, but all of

[02:11] those locations made sense for the

[02:13] story. Really, it wouldn't be the film

[02:15] that it is without going there and doing

[02:17] it for real.

[02:20] The scale was so so big. I think what's

[02:24] so special about Chris's movies is that

[02:26] he goes the extra distance to make it

[02:28] feel authentic for us on set, which then

[02:30] makes it feel more authentic for the

[02:32] audience in the theater.

[02:34] >> I mean, there's a reason we call these

[02:35] things odysseies. This is the Odyssey,

[02:37] and it really is a journey through all

[02:39] of these incredible places and hopefully

[02:42] something that just really profoundly

[02:44] entertains and moves people.

[02:46] >> As a fan, I'm so excited. I cannot wait

[02:49] to sit in that IMAX theater and

[02:52] completely be lost in this world that

[02:54] he's created.