We are now well into award contenders season and the obvious big hitter for the Oscars in 2027 is Christopher Nolan’s epic ‘The Odyssey’ which has been his biggest box office hit to date earning a huge $1.8b worldwide. With a whole range of impressive moments what many are unaware of is The Odyssey’s trojan horse problem.
The problem with the huge prop began when the crew arrived in Morocco when Nolan decided to bring forward the filming date for those scenes by two days even though the films biggest prop was still sitting in crates at customs.
“I’m like, ‘What? The horse is in boxes in customs.’ And he’s like, ‘Yeah, anyways, carry on,’” production designer Ruth De Jong recalled.
But even then when the crew got it from customs and assembled it in record time the crew then got it in position in the sand ready for the opening shot. And then disaster because the tide came in and knocked it over! To which Nolan’s response was, “Great. Well, I’m gonna shoot this tomorrow.”
The Odyssey’s trojan horse problem was eventually overcome to stunning effect in one of the films many epic sequences
The studio are looking for a huge draft of Oscar nominations for the film with a view to match or better still beat the 16 that Sinners earned in 2026.
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