Nolan's Odyssey Teaser Debuts Travis Scott in NFL Ad Slot

A new teaser for Christopher Nolan's upcoming epic The Odyssey surprised audiences by featuring rapper Travis Scott in a supporting role, airing during Fox's broadcast of the NFL AFC Championship game on Sunday between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos.

The one-minute spot depicts a scene in a mess hall where Tom Holland's Telemachus questions Jon Bernthal's Menelaus about his father, Odysseus, portrayed by Matt Damon. Scott's unnamed character climbs onto a table to recount the legend of Odysseus, declaring, "A war, a man, a trick. A trick to break the walls of Troy. It burning, screaming to the ground." As he speaks, the footage shifts to Odysseus and his men inside the Trojan horse infiltrating the city, concluding with Damon's Odysseus urging, "Let's go home." Clips from the teaser quickly spread across social media, generating widespread buzz.

This marks Scott's most prominent acting appearance to date, following a smaller role in the experimental film Aggro Dr1ft. It also reunites him with Nolan, after Scott contributed the end-credits track "The Plan" to the director's 2020 science fiction thriller Tenet. Nolan praised Scott's involvement at the time, noting...