‘The Odyssey’ Star Samantha Morton ‘Hasn’t Worked for a Year’ After Making Nolan’s Epic Because ‘I’m 49’ Years Old and ‘There’s Other Good Actors Out There’

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Samantha Morton revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that she has been out of acting work for an entire year since wrapping production on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” in 2025. The two-time Oscar nominee attributed her age as the reason why.

“I haven’t worked for a year since making ‘The Odyssey,’ you know, and I’ve got really good agents and a manager, but at the end of the day, I’m 49,” Morton said. “I do believe I’m a good actor, [but] there are other good actors out there. Do you know what I mean? So, the politics of the industry has changed massively.”

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