00:00There's so much that happens that only Matt Damon knows about, right?
00:03That's a bad experience.
00:05That's a bad experience.
00:07Guys, congratulations.
00:09What a bloody film. These are the films that make me want to do what I do.
00:13They're certainly the kind of films that must make you guys want to do what you do.
00:16But let's get the important stuff out of the way first.
00:18Benny, I just want to say, you and your brother's speech at the Independent Film Spirit Awards
00:21is my favorite ever awards speech.
00:24Oh, thank you.
00:25It's got nothing to do with this film, but I just wanted to say that.
00:27They did, like, two separate speeches for Best Director in tandem,
00:30and they're, like, talking over each other, like, YouTubing.
00:34It's an absolute bloody joy.
00:36As a filmmaker, working on something like this,
00:40an absolute triumph of, like, practical filmmaking,
00:43how kind of inspiring...
00:46Do you think it's going to affect your filmmaking going forward?
00:48Oh, 100%.
00:50You know, even on the last, on Oppenheimer,
00:54there were certain things that I saw that Chris would do.
00:57I was like, wow, that's pretty good.
00:59You know, like, maybe I'll take that and go on and do this.
01:02And then here, yeah, just again,
01:04seeing a certain kind of nimbleness and quickness on your feet
01:09and ability to just be open to changing something
01:14or seeing what is in front of you and moving with that.
01:18Like, oh, it's better up there.
01:19Why don't we look at that?
01:20And then everybody goes and walks there.
01:22And just being open to doing those things.
01:24As an actor, it's amazing.
01:26And then I think it brings the whole crew together.
01:29And everybody, again, also just feels so a part of the process.
01:33And like when we were filming on...
01:36And it's like, he never leaves.
01:38He's always there.
01:39He's...
01:40It's...
01:40There's a very...
01:41There's a deep physicality to it that I admire.
01:45And I was like, and I just kind of like being a part of that too.
01:49And it's something you take with you for sure, you know?
01:52In a time where we talk about kind of AI...
01:56Sorry, there definitely is part of it.
01:57It's like, oh.
01:58Like you...
01:59When I come and I see all of the stuff that he's...
02:01That he's doing,
02:03I want a boat in the water.
02:06I want to do that too.
02:08I'd love to work on something like that.
02:09I'm not sure I'd want to be on the boat in the water.
02:11There was times I was watching this film going,
02:13well, it's a good job with them really, isn't it?
02:15In a time where we talk about like technology
02:19and AI's influence on film,
02:20we have to talk about AI actors and stuff like that.
02:22Is it kind of a thrill to be part of something where
02:25somebody like Nolan is championing like the difficult path,
02:29is championing the practical?
02:31Yeah, exactly.
02:32Yeah, it's wonderful.
02:33I mean, this is a very tactile film.
02:36And being a part of...
02:38It was a different experience watching it, right?
02:40Because, you know, usually you're a part of...
02:41Yeah.
02:42It's a very episodic story, you know, the Odyssey.
02:45And so there's so much that happens
02:47that only Matt Damon knows about, right?
02:49And so to watch it and to see how textured everything was,
02:55every frame is so full of life and detail.
03:00And you feel it. It changes the experience.
03:02So I hope people are taking notes that, you know...
03:06I keep saying when I watched it in the middle,
03:08bang in the middle of this IMAX,
03:09I kind of felt like Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange
03:12with his eyes pinned open, watching the screen
03:14as it kind of just flooded into my brain.
03:16Although that's a bad experience.
03:18It's a bad experience.
03:19That's a bad experience.
03:20I'll qualify that as a good way.
03:22Okay.
03:22In a good way.
03:23And quickly, a bit of freedom for both your characters.
03:26I think Agamemnon, your Agamemnon's
03:27kind of maybe more ethereal than Brian Cox's.
03:30Yeah.
03:30And we've not seen Helen of Troy in this kind of...
03:33in this way as well, sort of post the story
03:37of the sacking of Troy.
03:38Was there a little bit of freedom for the both of you
03:40to kind of bring something new and unknown to these roles?
03:46Yeah.
03:47I think Chris, when he approaches you for something,
03:51he really... you get a lot of confidence.
03:53He gives you a lot of confidence to go forward
03:55and do it how you would want to.
03:58And you don't really think of the history in a lot of ways
04:00because it's like, oh, he wants me to do this?
04:03All right, I can do this, you know?
04:04Yeah.
04:05He writes... he has a point of view and it's strong.
04:07And it's on the page.
04:09So it didn't feel like any version that I knew of.
04:12I felt quite free.
04:15The pressure of being the most beautiful woman
04:17is another thing.
04:18But like, you know, in terms of character,
04:20it felt very freeing to be seeing Helen
04:23at a time that we rarely see her.
04:25And now you get to live out the rest of your life
04:27with people saying,
04:28a face that launched a thousand shits.
04:30Oh, my God.
04:30Which won't get old at all.
04:32Guys, I absolutely loved it.
04:34I was exhausted when I watched this
04:36and I came out and I was absolutely buzzing.
04:38Yeah.
04:39So congratulations.
04:40And I can't wait to see what he does next
04:42and what you guys do next.
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