During a new interview with TODAY, Marcus Mumford has revealed that he got a preview of Matt Damon's performance as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's new film, The Odyssey.

Mumford and Damon have been pals for a while, and it seems they've been giving each other sneak peeks at their respective projects before they're available to the world.

Damon praised Mumford & Sons’ new album, Prizefighter, after revealing that Mumford sent it to him and he'd since had it “on repeat”, hailing the album as being “fantastic”.

In Mumford's new interview, when asked if he's seen The Odyssey yet, due to the various references to classical literature that the band weave into their lyrics, he responds, “I have not because I've been away in a place that did not have an IMAX, and I want to se it in IMAX. So I'm very excited about it. It's the greatest story ever told”.

Despite not having seen it yet, Mumford heartwarmingly goes on, “I know for a fact Matt Damon is the best Odysseus of all time, because he read me a little bit of the monologue at the end when I was with him, and I got shivers and goosebumps, and he's just been the sweetest about our record, and I'm very excited. He's a legend”.

The Odyssey has drawn widespread plaudits from fans and critics alike, with the eagerly anticipated blockbuster reportedly grossing over $1.11 billion globally since its release in mid-July, quickly becoming the highest-grossing film of Nolan's career.

It boasts a star-studded cast, with Damon being joined by Zendaya, Tom Holland, Elliot Page, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Travis Scott and many more.

As the interviewer points out, Mumford & Sons are no stranger to classical texts, with the band directly quoting Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing on ‘Sigh No More’, for instance, as well as building ‘The Cave’ around Plato's famous allegory. We see similar examples with ‘Dust Bowl Dance’, a modern reimagining of Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, while ‘Darkness Visible’ draws inspiration from Milton's Paradise Lost. Following the arrival of their stellar 2026 album, Prizefighter, on which they sing about the Greek figure of ‘Icarus’, we can't wait to see what other classical easter eggs the folk titans sprinkle into their next project. Perhaps we could even see a introductory monologue from Damon himself...