The Odyssey: Meet Matt Damon’s stunt woman

August 7, 2026 7 Min Read

The Odyssey: Meet Matt Damon’s stunt woman

Devyn Dalton had been a stunt double for children, apes and zombies – but never as a man.

That is until she was asked to stand in for Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s smash hit film, The Odyssey.⁣ ⁣

To create the effect of Odysseus being dwarfed by giants, Dalton, who is 4ft 6in tall (1.37m), was chosen to stunt double for Damon’s character to make the Laestrygonians, giant cannibals, seem even bigger.⁣

Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused show, Damon said Dalton had “the greatest arms I’ve ever seen”.

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