Anne Hathaway has worked with Christopher Nolan twice, on two of his biggest films. So when the calls stopped coming for over a decade, she started to wonder what went wrong.
Hathaway first teamed up with Nolan on The Dark Knight Rises in 2012, playing Selina Kyle opposite Christian Bale’s Batman. She reunited with him two years later for Interstellar, one of the most acclaimed sci-fi epics of the 2010s.
After that, silence. No follow-up project, no phone call, nothing. For an actress who’d built a real rapport with one of Hollywood’s most in-demand directors, the quiet stretched on long enough to sting.
Anne Hathaway Opens Up About The 12-Year Gap With Christopher Nolan
Hathaway finally addressed the gap directly, and her honesty is what’s resonating with fans.
“But then I didn’t get a call for like 12 years, so a part of me was wondering, did I do something wrong?” she admitted.
It’s a strikingly vulnerable admission from someone with her résumé, and it shows just how personally actors can take a director’s silence, even when nothing is actually wrong.
As it turns out, there was a reason behind the wait, and it had nothing to do with Hathaway’s performance. She revealed that when Nolan cast an actress around her own age in one of his subsequent films, his producing partner Emma Thomas reached out personally to explain the decision.
“Emma called to say, just so you know, he doesn’t want an American for this part,” Hathaway said. “So they were kind of, you know, caretaking for me from a distance.”
Anne Hathaway talks about working with Christopher Nolan:
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That detail reframes the entire wait. Rather than being overlooked, Hathaway was being kept in the loop by Nolan’s team the whole time, even when there wasn’t a role for her. When the call finally came for Nolan’s upcoming film, The Odyssey, which reunites her with the director after over a decade apart, the relief was immediate.
“When I got the call back, I was so overjoyed because I am as lucky as you get as an actor,” she said.
Hathaway now joins a stacked ensemble for The Odyssey, Nolan’s next big swing after Oppenheimer, alongside Tom Holland and a wide roster of A-list talent. Details on her specific role remain under wraps, in true Nolan fashion, but her comments confirm just how tight-knit and deliberate his casting process really is behind the scenes.
The Odyssey is set to hit theaters in 17 July 2026.
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