Alessandro Nivola auditioned for The Odyssey.

In this interview with Vanity Fair Actor Alessandro Nivola reveals he was asked to send a tape to Nolan for a role in Nolan’s next film (since the movie interview took place the film was revealed to be The Odyssey.)

“he’s currently on deadline to send Christopher Nolan a tape for the director’s next movie (which was later announced to be a take on The Odyssey). “Just being asked to do that—I guess there’s been some kind of weeding out,” Nivola says with a shy smile, indicating a bit of justified pride. “They don’t tell you anything about the movie, so I have to rely on friends who are in it to tell me. Obviously, everybody wants to work with him because there are only a handful of directors who are working on that level, on that scale.”