{"id":482,"date":"2026-04-23T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/04\/23\/charlize-theron-teases-odyssey-role-and-working-with-friend-matt-damon-in-his-part-of-a-lifetime-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:47:27","slug":"charlize-theron-teases-odyssey-role-and-working-with-friend-matt-damon-in-his-part-of-a-lifetime-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/04\/23\/charlize-theron-teases-odyssey-role-and-working-with-friend-matt-damon-in-his-part-of-a-lifetime-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlize Theron Teases \u201cOdyssey\u201d Role and Working with &#8216;Friend&#8217; Matt Damon in His &#8216;Part of a Lifetime&#8217; (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Apex&#8217; actress and Damon previously starred in the 2000 sports drama &#8216;The Legend of Bagger Vance&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/HhDP-9QKCMbUgkmagNpU0DqkUK8=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/charlize-theron-matt-damon-042326-32058d3e83c840388fb16b102141f3e3.jpg\" alt=\"Charlize Theron; Matt Damon.Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty; Arturo Holmes\/WireImage\" title=\"Charlize Theron, Matt Damon\" \/><figcaption><i>Charlize Theron; Matt Damon.<br \/>Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty; Arturo Holmes\/WireImage<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Charlize Theron exclusively tells PEOPLE about reuniting with Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan&#8217;s <em>The<\/em> <em>Odyssey<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cMatt and I have been friends for 25 years, so it was really lovely to not just get to work with him but to see him in this part,\u201d she says<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Apex<\/em> actress and Damon previously starred in the 2000 sports drama <em>The Legend of Bagger Vance<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/charlize-theron\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Charlize Theron<\/a> has a special reunion in <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/matt-damon-christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-trailer-11764835\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"null\"><em>The Odyssey<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The actress, 50, exclusively tells PEOPLE about reuniting with <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/matt-damon-2\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Matt Damon<\/a> in the star-studded adaptation of Homer&#8217;s Greek epic poem while at the premiere of her new Netflix movie, <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/charlize-theron-taron-egerton-apex-first-look-photos-exclusive-11869550\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"null\"><em>Apex<\/em><\/a>, on Wednesday, April 22 in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI only work with Matt,\u201d she teases of her role in <em>The Odyssey<\/em>, which sees her portraying Calypso to Damon&#8217;s Odysseus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/wzWnctEA2uAiPUCrwS5vualMhZw=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/charlize-theron-matt-damon-american-cinematheque-annual-gala-042326-ae66d5f5c01b44e188159cba33f7453c.jpg\" alt=\"Charlize Theron and Matt Damon at the 24th American Cinematheque Annual Gala on March 27, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.Credit: Eric Charbonneau\/Le Studio\/Wireimage\" title=\"Charlize Theron and Matt Damon at the 24th American Cinematheque Annual Gala Honoring Matt Damon on March 27, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.\" \/><figcaption><i>Charlize Theron and Matt Damon at the 24th American Cinematheque Annual Gala on March 27, 2010 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.<br \/>Credit: Eric Charbonneau\/Le Studio\/Wireimage<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Theron says she&#8217;s only in the movie about Odysseus&#8217;s journey home after the Trojan War \u201cfor a very, very small amount of time,\u201d but she appreciated reuniting with her<em> The Legend of Bagger Vance<\/em> costar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt and I have been friends for 25 years, so it was really lovely to not just get to work with him but to see him in this part, which is really the part of a lifetime,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s such a good actor and he&#8217;s so deserving of it, so I&#8217;m very excited for him,\u201d the Oscar winner continues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actress and Damon, 55, starred in the late <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/robert-redford\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Robert Redford<\/a>&#8216;s 2000 sports drama, <em>The Legend of Bagger Vance<\/em>. In the movie, based on Steven Pressfield&#8217;s 1995 book of the same name, the two play former lovers who reunite while preparing for a high-stakes golf match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/i0I0UOMBgsFQCVUT3eceI0h9qEc=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/charlize-theron-matt-damon-the-legend-of-bagger-vance-042326-e945d9ab6fc64ffca06cb4edf251d8c2.jpg\" alt=\"Charlize Theron and Matt Damon in 'The Legend of Bagger Vance.'Credit: David James\/Newsmakers\" title=\"Actors Matt Damon as Rannulph Junuh and Charlize Theron as Adele Invergordon share a bittersweet dance in Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance, to be distributed domestically by DreamWorks. \" \/><figcaption><i>Charlize Theron and Matt Damon in &#8216;The Legend of Bagger Vance.&#8217;<br \/>Credit: David James\/Newsmakers<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>The Odyssey<\/em>, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, will also see Theron and Damon in an intimate relationship as Calypso is a mythological nymph who detains the king of Ithaca for several years.<\/p>\n<p>The anticipated summer flick also stars <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/tom-holland\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Tom Holland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/anne-hathaway\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anne Hathaway<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/zendaya-coleman\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zendaya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/robert-pattinson\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Pattinson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/john-leguizamo-11712700\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"5\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Leguizamo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/lupita-nyongo\/\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lupita Nyong&#8217;o<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Holland <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tom-holland-says-matt-damon-gave-him-words-of-wisdom-on-odyssey-set-11945472\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">spoke highly of working with Damon<\/a> in the movie, telling <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/tom-holland-vuori-campaign-interview\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"null\"><em>GQ<\/em><\/a>, \u201cThis was a very tough movie and no one worked harder than Matt did.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said Damon \u201calways came to set with a smile on his face and he was gracious and he was so kind to the crew. And I think he really set the tone for everyone as to how we were going to collectively make this film.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong><a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-type=\"\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Theron&#8217;s latest role in the <em>Apex<\/em> sees her as a rock climber in the Australian wilderness who finds herself being hunted. She stars in the Baltasar Korm\u00e1kur-directed movie with <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/taron-egerton\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Taron Egerton<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the audience ahead of the premiere screening, Theron said, \u201dThank you to everybody. We had an incredible team. Netflix, I love making movies with you guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/1QNRZN9PQnskDzuZGFEd3V8whlQ=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/charlize-theron-apex-premiere-042326-2-f7e84dd0ab574438bcecaec973d0157f.jpg\" alt=\"Charlize Theron attends Netflix's 'Apex' premiere on April 22, 2026 in New York City.Credit: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty\" title=\"Charlize Theron attends Netflix's \" \/><figcaption><i>Charlize Theron attends Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;Apex&#8217; premiere on April 22, 2026 in New York City.<br \/>Credit: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She told Korm\u00e1kur, &#8220;I hope I get to make so many movies with you,&#8221; adding, &#8220;This is my favorite movie I&#8217;ve ever made. It took a man from Iceland to drag me through the outback in Crocs. Who did everything before I did, took care of me, made sure everything was fine, but also kicked my ass and broke my body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Apex<\/em> drops April 24, 2026 on <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/apex-release-date-cast-news\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null noopener\">Netflix<\/a>. <em>The Odyssey<\/em> is out July 17, 2026 in theaters.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Apex&#8217; actress and Damon previously starred in the 2000 sports drama &#8216;The Legend of Bagger Vance&#8217; Charlize Theron; Matt Damon.Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty; Arturo Holmes\/WireImage NEED TO KNOW Charlize Theron exclusively tells PEOPLE about reuniting with Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Odyssey \u201cMatt and I have been friends for 25 years, so it was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}