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Matt Damon is sharing a hilarious moment that he had while filming Christopher Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The moment occurred between him and his costar, Tom Holland. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Damon shared the story on The Tonight Show. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Matt Damon<\/a> was seeing moments of beauty everywhere while filming The Odyssey <\/em>\u2014\u00a0even unintentional ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n During his visit to The Tonight Show<\/em><\/a> on Tuesday, Jimmy Fallon<\/a> asked the 55-year-old about a hilarious bit miscommunication that unfolded between him and his costar Tom Holland<\/a>, 30, while they were shooting the Christopher Nolan<\/a> epic.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, it\u2019s not in the movie,\u201d Damon confessed of the incident as the audience laughed. \u201cWell, and here\u2019s why.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt Damon in \u2018The Odyssey\u2019Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon\/Universal Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Not wanting to give away too much <\/em>of Homer\u2019s nearly 3,000-year-old poem, Damon explained that there is a scene in the film that involves his character Odysseus and his son Telemachus (Holland). \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a moment where we see each other and I\u2019m on a boat and he\u2019s on the shore,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I saw him \u2014 and I was kind of on this boat all day separated from the crew \u2014\u00a0and he was putting his hand on his heart, and so I started to do it, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Damon saw Holland\u2019s gesture and, naturally, assumed it was a touching and subtle outpouring of love between father and son during a particularly poignant scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day, we reconnected and I was like, \u2018Chris told you to do that? Put your hand on your heart?\u2019\u201d he recalled. \u201cAnd he goes, \u2018Mate, my costume was choking me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n So, basically, the opposite of the thoughtful sign Damon thought it was.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m nearsighted,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom where I was standing, I thought he was, like, saluting me. That it was like a father-son moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Damon quipped, \u201cNeedless to say, it\u2019s not in the final film.\u201d<\/p>\n Written and directed by Nolan, The Odyssey <\/em>follows Odysseus and his perilous, 10-year journey home to Ithaca following the events of the Trojan War. Nolan previously worked with Damon on Interstellar<\/em> and Oppenheimer<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Accompanying Damon and Holland on the adventure are Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong\u2019o, Elliot Page, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Himesh Patel, Robert Pattinson, Jon Bernthal, and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n