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\nZendaya was in Iceland on the first day of filming her scenes for Christopher Nolan\u2018s \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d and could not open her mouth to say her dialogue because of the freezing conditions. As if acting in her first Nolan movie wasn\u2019t \u201cnerve-racking\u201d enough, the Emmy winner had to battle the elements to get the perfect performance as Greek god Athena. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cHere\u2019s the thing. I had my lines and I wanted to have them so down. I psyched myself out a little bit,\u201d Zendaya told the \u201cHappy Sad Confused\u201d podcast. \u201cIt was particularly cold. It was in Iceland. My mouth was just frozen. There is nothing coming out. My mouth would not move. Literally. It came out like, \u2018Blah blah blah.\u2019 So embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBut I will say, I think just showing up in any situation like this\u2026 It was such a pleasure and a gift to be able to share scenes with people you admire,\u201d Zendaya continued. \u201cPart of you has to compartmentalize to a degree. Lock in, we\u2019re working. But I was so moved and excited to be there and wanted to do my best work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNot that Zendaya\u2019s day one flub deterred Nolan at all. The director told Fandango in a separate interview that Zendaya was nothing but \u201cperfect\u201d during filming. She was apparently the only actor to be given such a designation. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShe was always perfect. Always perfect,\u201d Nolan said before quipping: \u201cI felt guilty when I first heard they were complaining bout it, but then I realized that\u2019s kind of on them and not me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tNolan previously told Elle magazine that he cast Zendaya as Athena because of her \u201ciconic\u201d grace, adding: \u201cI mean, she\u2019s literally playing a goddess; it\u2019s a tall order. She\u2019s a true movie star, but also an incredible actor.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tZendaya wasn\u2019t the only one to have a small existential crisis on the first day of filming \u201cThe Odyssey.\u201d Tom Holland, who plays Odysseus\u2019 son Telemachus in the movie, told Fandango that he thought Nolan hated him on his first day because the director kept cutting the camera during his takes. Little did Holland know at the time that it was only because the movie was shooting with Imax cameras, which can\u2019t run longer than three minutes for a single take.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWorking with the Imax cameras for the first time is an experience,\u201d Holland explained. \u201cIt is unlike anything I have ever seen before, and I didn\u2019t know that it only ran for three minutes. So, I remember you would continue cutting, and I was with Jon [Bernthal], like, \u2018Why does he keep cutting? Why does he keep doing that?\u2019 And in my head, I was like, \u2018Does he not like what we\u2019re doing? What is happening?\u2019 And then, I remember it was actually [stunt coordinator] George Cottle that was like, \u2018No, no, no, there\u2019s only three minutes in the mag.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Oh, thank god.\u2019 I thought I was totally sh*tting the bed in this scene.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThe Odyssey\u201d opens in theaters July 17 from Universal Pictures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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