[keiferski]

It’s a shame Michael Fassbender wasn’t in the running, as his character in The Agency is kind of exactly how I imagined Odysseus: clever, with a heart for the people he cares about but absolutely brutal against people he doesn’t need.

[DaedalusII]

maybe like this, gary oldman 1990s would have been good. there needs to be a feeling of some edge or at least mystery, depth

[keiferski]

I think it was more because of the Nolan script. Damon is capable of playing that kind of character; see The Talented Mr. Ripley, for example.