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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jul 23

Travis Scott Says Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Role Left Him 'Nervous as F' in 1st Acting Turn

Updated

Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jul 23

Travis Scott Says Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Role Left Him 'Nervous as F' in 1st Acting Turn

Q: What did Christopher Nolan contribute to Travis Scott's song to earn his first-ever songwriting credit?

Christopher Nolan earned his first-ever songwriting credit by co-writing the lyrics to Travis Scott’s end-credits song “When I’m Home.” Reports tied to *The Odyssey* say Nolan was officially credited as a co-writer and lyricist on the track alongside Travis Scott, Ludwig Göransson and James Blake. Actor John Leguizamo also said Nolan was the lyricist behind the song, and Universal later confirmed his songwriting credit. That means Nolan’s contribution was not production or composition alone, but words: he helped write the song’s lyrics after Scott had seen a cut of the film and developed the track around Odysseus’ journey home.

3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jul 23

Travis Scott said his first acting role in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey left him “nervous as F,” especially after learning he would share scenes with Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson.
On The Tonight Show, Scott said Nolan called him unexpectedly to ask if he wanted to act, not make music, and persuaded him with a detailed explanation of why he fit the film.
Scott plays Demodocus, the bard who narrates Odysseus’ journey in the opening scene, making him the first voice and face audiences see in the movie.
Nolan told Time he cast Scott to echo oral poetry’s link to rap; Scott also recorded closing-credits song “When I’m Home” with James Blake and Ludwig Göransson.
The collaboration extends a relationship that began on 2020’s Tenet, and The Odyssey is now in theaters.