If you haven’t gotten to the theater already, you odyssey what Samantha Morton does in Christopher Nolan’s new movie. Joking aside—the two-time Oscar nominee casts quite a spell as Circe, a pioneering misandrist witch with a penchant for forcing men to show their true nature. And believe it or not, the film pulled off her most gasp-inducing sequence without the use of computer-generated imagery. How? “That’s movie magic,” Morton tells VF’s Rebecca Ford, without giving away much more than that—besides implying that some sort of puppetry may have been involved. Maybe her reticence is for the best; who really wants a magician to give away their tricks?
Elsewhere, I analyze The Odyssey’s enormous opening weekend, while Dan Adler journeys to another mysterious faraway land (New Jersey) to report from the FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show. More tomorrow!
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HILLARY BUSIS,
FEATURES EDITOR
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The two-time Oscar nominee reveals the magic behind her scene-stealing Circe sequence, how grounded Zendaya is, and a take that made Christopher Nolan’s crew burst into applause.
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Justin Bieber headlined alongside Shakira, Burna Boy, BTS, and Madonna, marking the recent escalation of sports as a cultural behemoth.
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Christopher Nolan’s film made over $264 million this weekend, once again proving flops like Ghostbusters and The Little Mermaid weren’t due to politics—and people will pay for a great yarn.
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In the December 1997 issue, David Kamp spoke to the then 27-year-old Matt Damon as his career was taking off following high-profile projects with Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting), Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan), and Francis Ford Coppola (The Rainmaker).
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