Nolan and 'The Odyssey' cast and crew visit Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant run by Netflix chef

To mark director Christopher Nolan's birthday, Eatanic Garden also served a special dessert modeled after the Trojan Horse, a central motif in the film.

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From left: Actor Matt Damon, filmmaker Christopher Nolan, chef Son Jong-won, film producer Emma Thomas and actor Charlize Theron pose for a photograph carried by Universal Pictures.
From left: Actor Matt Damon, filmmaker Christopher Nolan, chef Son Jong-won, film producer Emma Thomas and actor Charlize Theron pose for a photo.

Film director Christopher Nolan and a few cast and crew members of “The Odyssey” visited a fine dining restaurant in Seoul run by celebrity chef Son Jong-won. 

Nolan, producer Emma Thomas and actors Matt Damon and Charlize Theron visited Eatanic Garden, a contemporary one-Michelin-starred establishment in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, according to the film’s distributor Universal Pictures on Sunday.

Son has appeared on the second season of the Netflix series “Culinary Class Wars” (2024–) and the JTBC cooking program “Please Take Care of My Refrigerator” (2014–).

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The Hollywood team reportedly enjoyed a Korean-style course menu, which Nolan later praised. The menu featured seasonal ingredients.

To mark the director’s birthday, which fell on Thursday, the restaurant also served a special dessert modeled after the Trojan Horse, a central motif in the film.

The cast and crew have continued to embrace local experiences during their stay in Korea after arriving on Saturday. Damon attended a KBO game at Gocheok Sky Dome in western Seoul, and Nolan savored sogeum-ppang (a soft, buttery roll infused with salt) in the Ikseon-dong neighborhood in central Seoul.

“The Odyssey” team is scheduled to meet Korean fans at a red carpet event on Tuesday.

“The Odyssey” follows the journey of Odysseus, played by Damon, as the hero who helped secure victory in the Trojan War struggles to return home.

The film opens in theaters nationwide on Wednesday.


BY KO SEUNG-PYO [lee.soojung1@joongang.co.kr]

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.

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