Zendaya Is Speechless After Samantha Morton’s Surprise The Odyssey Scene

Asked to name the moment that’s still lodged in her brain, Zendaya didn’t hesitate: it ’s a sequence built around Samantha Morton’s Circe that stunned her on the page and even more in person. She brought it up during a stop with Entertainment Tonight, careful not to spoil what happens but clear about the impact it had on her.

“There is a scene, you know that she does that I remember reading that I was like ‘Oh my goodness!’ I don't really have words for it,”

Morton’s turn as the sorceress has quickly become one of the most talked-about elements of The Odyssey , with early buzz zeroing in on a haunting transformation sequence. Built around practical effects, the set piece has drawn attention for how fully it immerses the audience inside Christopher Nolan ’s mythic world.

Ancient bling, literally

Zendaya’s press tour also doubled as a history lesson at the film ’s London photocall, where her accessories weren’t just inspired by antiquity — they were antiquities. She wore genuine 18-karat gold and diamond pieces dating back roughly 3,000 years to the first millennium BC, designed by Glenn Spiro and sourced from London jeweler Barron London.

Archaeologist Annelise Baer later explained in a July 10 Instagram video that the ornaments likely weren’t made as earrings at all, but as decorative sunburst pieces associated with ancient Iranian craftsmanship. Paired with Zendaya’s white Jacquemus column gown and a draped headscarf, the museum-grade jewelry turned the photocall into a lived-in nod to the film’s mythology.