Were all excited to seeChristopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation ofThe Odysseyfor multiple reasons.

When they return, their lives are completely changed,but their journeys have many similarities.

Murphy, especially, is better, but her brother Tom (Casey Affleck) is arguably worse.

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Fiennes plays a “man of many twists and turns.

Athena, however, is a more subtle reference.

Matthew McConaughey as Joseph Cooper in an intense scene from Interstellar

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Matt Damon as Odysseus in The Odyssey and Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus in The Return

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When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.

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Interstellar

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