India, July 6 -- Christopher Nolan's films are always talked about. His take on Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy inspired endless debate before the films' success silenced naysayers. The filmmaker was able to follow suit with successes like Interstellar and Oppenheimer. The British director would hope his new film, The Odyssey, could do something similar. The adaptation of Homer's epic has been met with a lot of criticism and questions about casting and 'historical accuracy'. In a new interview, Nolan has defended taking creative liberties on the film.

In an interview with Reuters, the Oscar-winning filmmaker admitted he enjoys adaptation 'very much', but admitted that it is 'challenging' with a Homer creation. "When you look at the tex...