Washington DC, July 22 -- Matt Damon physically transformed to play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey', but despite this, he also had some help from stunt performers in some key scenes, reported Deadline.

In a new interview, Damon revealed that one of his stunt doubles was a female standing in as the Greek hero as the character faces the giant Laestrygonians.

"When we did the force perspective stuff with the Laestrygonians, there were these stuntmen who were all seven feet, and then they got stunt men who were under five feet," Damon said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast as quoted by Deadline.

"My double was a woman, a female stunt performer who had the greatest arms I've ever seen. When she came into the catering tent, it ...