Matt Damon THE ODYSSEY Gates of Troy

    by Capucine · old hollywood: Matt Damon

    Matt Damon revealed he didn't know an army of 750 people was waiting behind the Gates of Troy while filming THE ODYSSEY. He described seeing Benny and Agamemnon, noting it looked like just Benny and 20 guys because it was dark behind them. Then came a roar as 500 people came running. #MattDamon

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    camera. Even the first day walking in Esauera, walking on that beach and seeing thousands of people, it just beggared the imagination, bigger than anything I've ever seen. And I have to say the first, the moment that we opened the gates of Troy, we didn't know that Agamemnon and an army of 750 people were on the other side. We just thought we were taking it to the opening of the door and we opened the door and it is one of I will never forget seeing Benny in that costume standing in the middle and and it looked like it was Benny and 20 guys because it was dark behind them and then this roar and this 500 people came running. You gods don't speak in ways we understand. Who doesn't understand pain? Of blood. The gods told you. Then I defy the gods.