Footage of Filming the ‘Odyssey’ Starring Matt Damon Captured in Pylos The filming of the cinematic epic “Odyssey,” directed by Christopher Nolan, has begun in Greece. Director Christopher Nolan, lead actor Matt Damon, who will portray Odysseus, and Tom Holland, who is likely to play Telemachus, arrived together with a total of 180 people on two flights from Morocco, during a mid-week evening a little under two weeks ago in Kalamata. Filming last week took place in Messenia, starting at Methoni